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ghost story
Giuseppe Presti /
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Inde inhabitantibus tristes diraeque noctes per metum vigilabantur ; vigiliam morbus et crescente metu mors sequebatur . Nam interdiu quoque , quamquam aberat imago , memoria imaginis in oculis errabat , longiorque causis timoris timor erat .
Domus inde deserta et damnata solitudine et illi monstro tota relicta ; vendere prohibebatur tamen , et conducere prohibebatur aliquis ignarus tanti mali .
Venit Athenas philosophus nomine Athenodorus , legit titulum et audit pretium , quia suspecta quantitas pecuniae , rogans multas quaestiones , omnia docetur ac nihilo minus , immo tanto magis conducit .
Ubi coepit nox , Athenodorus iubet lectum poni sibi in prima parte domus , poscit tabulam et stilum et lumen , et suos omnes servos in interiora dimittit ; ipse ad scribendum animum et oculos et manum intendit , ne vacua mens audita simulacra et inanes sibi metus fingeret . In principio , audiebat silentium noctis ; tum audiebat sonum ferri , et fragor vinculorum . Ille non tollebat oculos , non remittebat stilum , sed auribusque praetendebat .
Tum erat plus fragoris , venit et iam ut in limine , iam ut intra limen audiri . Respicit , videt agnoscitque narratam sibi effigiem . Stabat innuebatque digito similis vocanti . Athenodorus significat manu contra ut paulum exspectaret phantasma rursusque cartae et stilo incumbit .
Domus inde deserta et damnata solitudine et illi monstro tota relicta ; vendere prohibebatur tamen , et conducere prohibebatur aliquis ignarus tanti mali .
Venit Athenas philosophus nomine Athenodorus , legit titulum et audit pretium , quia suspecta quantitas pecuniae , rogans multas quaestiones , omnia docetur ac nihilo minus , immo tanto magis conducit .
Ubi coepit nox , Athenodorus iubet lectum poni sibi in prima parte domus , poscit tabulam et stilum et lumen , et suos omnes servos in interiora dimittit ; ipse ad scribendum animum et oculos et manum intendit , ne vacua mens audita simulacra et inanes sibi metus fingeret . In principio , audiebat silentium noctis ; tum audiebat sonum ferri , et fragor vinculorum . Ille non tollebat oculos , non remittebat stilum , sed auribusque praetendebat .
Tum erat plus fragoris , venit et iam ut in limine , iam ut intra limen audiri . Respicit , videt agnoscitque narratam sibi effigiem . Stabat innuebatque digito similis vocanti . Athenodorus significat manu contra ut paulum exspectaret phantasma rursusque cartae et stilo incumbit .
Then
the
sad
and
grim
nights
were
spent
awake
by
the
inhabitants
through
fear
.
With
the
fear
growing
,
disease
and
death
were
following
the
vigil
.
Now
,
even
during
the
day
,
although
the
figure
was
not
there
,
the
memory
of
the
figure
was
wandering
in
their
eyes
,
and
the
fear
was
greater
than
the
cause
of
the
fear
.
Then the house had been deserted and condemned to solitude , and was completely given over to that monster . Nevertheless , it was prohibited to sell the house , and it was prohibited for anyone ignorant of such evil to rent it .
A philosopher named Athenodorus comes to Athens , reads the title of the house and hears the price . Because the amount of money is suspicious , asking many questions , he is taught everything and not less , on the contrary , he ( wants to ) rent the house even more .
When night begins , Athenodorus orders a bed to be placed for him in the front part of the house , asks for a table , a pen , and a lamp , and sends all of his servants into the interior of the house . He himself stenches his mind , eyes , and hand for the purpose of writing , so that his empty mind and idle fear would not imagine the figure having been heard . In the beginning , he heard the silence of the night , then he heard the sound of iron , and the noise of chains . He did not raise his eyes , nor did he put down his pen , but strained even his ears .
Then there was more of noise , it sounds like it’s on the threshold , now like it’s within the threshold . Athenodorus glances at it , sees it , and recognizes the figure having been described to him . The ghost was standing and nodding , similar to one calling with a finger . Athenodorus motions with his hand in reply that the ghost should wait a little , and leans back over the letter and his pen .
Then the house had been deserted and condemned to solitude , and was completely given over to that monster . Nevertheless , it was prohibited to sell the house , and it was prohibited for anyone ignorant of such evil to rent it .
A philosopher named Athenodorus comes to Athens , reads the title of the house and hears the price . Because the amount of money is suspicious , asking many questions , he is taught everything and not less , on the contrary , he ( wants to ) rent the house even more .
When night begins , Athenodorus orders a bed to be placed for him in the front part of the house , asks for a table , a pen , and a lamp , and sends all of his servants into the interior of the house . He himself stenches his mind , eyes , and hand for the purpose of writing , so that his empty mind and idle fear would not imagine the figure having been heard . In the beginning , he heard the silence of the night , then he heard the sound of iron , and the noise of chains . He did not raise his eyes , nor did he put down his pen , but strained even his ears .
Then there was more of noise , it sounds like it’s on the threshold , now like it’s within the threshold . Athenodorus glances at it , sees it , and recognizes the figure having been described to him . The ghost was standing and nodding , similar to one calling with a finger . Athenodorus motions with his hand in reply that the ghost should wait a little , and leans back over the letter and his pen .
Presti Werewolf
Giuseppe Presti /
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English
et postquam veni in illum locum , in quo lapidea vestimenta erant facta , nihil inveni nisi sanguinem . Ut vero domum veni , iacebat miles meus in lecto tanquam bovis , et collum illius medicus curabat . Intellexi illum versipellem esse , nec postea cum illo panem gustare potui , non si me occidisses . Viderint quid de hoc alii exopinissent ; ego simentior , genios vestros iratos habeam . "
Once
I
heard
these
words
,
I
could
not
sleep
any
longer
.
At
first
light
I
fled
the
home
of
Gaius
like
an
angry
landlord
.
But
once
I
came
to
the
place
where
his
clothing
had
turned
into
stone
,
I
found
nothing
but
blood
.
Honestly
,
I
went
home
and
my
soldier
was
lying
like
a
bull
on
his
bed
as
a
doctor
was
tending
to
his
neck
.
I
knew
that
he
was
a
shapeshifter*
then
,
and
I
wouldn’t
have
been
able
to
share
a
meal
with
him
even
if
you
threatened
to
kill
me
.
Let
these
men
believe
what
they
want
about
this
,
but
if
I
am
lying
,
let
the
gods
hate
me
.
"
Presti De Bello Gallico
Giuseppe Presti /
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English
Ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse duxerunt ; in tertium annum profectionem lege confirmant . 3 Ad eas res conficiendas Orgetorix deligitur . Is sibi legationem ad civitates suscipit . In eo itinere persuadet Castico , Catamantaloedis filio , Sequano , cuius pater regnum in Sequanis multos annos obtinuerat et a senatu populi Romani amicus appellatus erat , ut regnum in civitate sua occuparet , quod pater ante habuerit ; 4 itemque Dumnorigi Haeduo , fratri Diviciaci , qui eo tempore principatum in civitate obtinebat ac maxime plebi acceptus erat , ut idem conaretur persuadet eique filiam suam in matrimonium dat .
They
reckoned
that
a
term
of
two
years
would
be
sufficient
for
them
to
execute
their
designs
;
they
fix
by
decree
their
departure
for
the
third
year
.
Orgetorix
is
chosen
to
complete
these
arrangements
.
He
took
upon
himself
the
office
of
embassador
to
the
states
:
on
this
journey
he
persuades
Casticus
,
the
son
of
Catamantaledes
(
one
of
the
Sequani
,
whose
father
had
possessed
the
sovereignty
among
the
people
for
many
years
,
and
had
been
styled
"
friend
"
by
the
senate
of
the
Roman
people
)
,
to
seize
upon
the
sovereignty
in
his
own
state
,
which
his
father
had
held
before
him
,
and
he
likewise
persuades
Dumnorix
,
an
Aeduan
,
the
brother
of
Divitiacus
,
who
at
that
time
possessed
the
chief
authority
in
the
state
,
and
was
exceedingly
beloved
by
the
people
,
to
attempt
the
same
,
and
gives
him
his
daughter
in
marriage
.
Presti De Bello Gallico CH 4
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English
Sed privati ac separati agri apud eos nihil est , neque longius anno remanere uno in loco colendi causa licet . Neque multum frumento , sed maximam partem lacte atque pecore vivunt multum sunt in venationibus ; quae res et cibi genere et cotidiana exercitatione et libertate vitae , quod a pueris nullo officio aut disciplina adsuefacti nihil omnino contra voluntatem faciunt , et vires alit et immani corporum magnitudine homines efficit . Atque in eam se consuetudinem adduxerunt ut locis frigidissimis neque vestitus praeter pelles habeant quicquam , quarum propter exiguitatem magna est corporis pars aperta , et laventur in fluminibus .
But
among
them
there
exists
no
private
and
separate
land
;
nor
are
they
permitted
to
remain
more
than
one
year
in
one
place
for
the
purpose
of
residence
.
They
do
not
live
much
on
corn
,
but
subsist
for
the
most
part
on
milk
and
flesh
,
and
are
much
[
engaged
]
in
hunting
;
which
circumstance
must
,
by
the
nature
of
their
food
,
and
by
their
daily
exercise
and
the
freedom
of
their
life
(
for
having
from
boyhood
been
accustomed
to
no
employment
,
or
discipline
,
they
do
nothing
at
all
contrary
to
their
inclination
)
,
both
promote
their
strength
and
render
them
men
of
vast
stature
of
body
.
And
to
such
a
habit
have
they
brought
themselves
,
that
even
in
the
coldest
parts
they
wear
no
clothing
whatever
except
skins
,
by
reason
of
the
scantiness
of
which
,
a
great
portion
of
their
body
is
bare
,
and
besides
they
bathe
in
open
rivers
.
De Bello Gallico 4.12
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English
In eo proelio ex equitibus nostris interficiuntur IIII et LXX , in his vir fortissimus Piso Aquitanus , amplissimo genere natus , cuius avus in civitate sua regnum obtinuerat amicus a senatu nostro appellatus . Hic cum fratri intercluso ab hostibus auxilium ferret , illum ex periculo eripuit , ipse equo vulnerato deiectus , quoad potuit , fortissime restitit ; cum circumventus multis vulneribus acceptis cecidisset atque id frater , qui iam proelio excesserat , procul animadvertisset , incitato equo se hostibus obtulit atque interfectus est .
In
that
encounter
seventy-four
of
our
horse
were
slain
;
among
them
,
Piso
,
an
Aquitanian
,
a
most
valiant
man
,
and
descended
from
a
very
illustrious
family
;
whose
grandfather
had
held
the
sovereignty
of
his
state
,
and
had
been
styled
friend
by
our
senate
.
He
,
while
he
was
endeavoring
to
render
assistance
to
his
brother
who
was
surrounded
by
the
enemy
,
and
whom
he
rescued
from
danger
,
was
himself
thrown
from
his
horse
,
which
was
wounded
under
him
,
but
still
opposed
[
his
antagonists
]
with
the
greatest
intrepidity
,
as
long
as
he
was
able
to
maintain
the
conflict
.
When
at
length
he
fell
,
surrounded
on
all
sides
and
after
receiving
many
wounds
,
and
his
brother
,
who
had
then
retired
from
the
fight
,
observed
it
from
a
distance
,
he
spurred
on
his
horse
,
threw
himself
upon
the
enemy
,
and
was
killed
.
De Bello Gallic 4.19 (Gonna be honest. Not my favorite. Who translated this stuff?)
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English
haec ab iis cognovit : Suebos , postea quam per exploratores pontem fieri comperissent , more suo concilio habito nuntios in omnes partes dimisisse , uti de oppidis demigrarent , liberos , uxores suaque omnia in silvis deponerent atque omnes qui arma ferre possent unum in locum convenirent . Hunc esse delectum medium fere regionum earum quas Suebi obtinerent ; hic Romanorum adventum expectare atque ibi decertare constituisse . Quod ubi Caesar comperit , omnibus iis rebus confectis , quarum rerum causa exercitum traducere constituerat , ut Germanis metum iniceret , ut Sugambros ulcisceretur , ut Ubios obsidione liberaret , diebus omnino XVIII trans Rhenum consumptis , satis et ad laudem et ad utilitatem profectum arbitratus se in Galliam recepit pontemque rescidit .
he
learned
from
them
these
particulars
:
that
the
Suevi
,
after
they
had
by
means
of
their
scouts
found
that
the
bridge
was
being
built
,
had
called
a
council
,
according
to
their
custom
,
and
sent
orders
to
all
parts
of
their
state
to
remove
from
the
towns
and
convey
their
children
,
wives
,
and
all
their
possessions
into
the
woods
,
and
that
all
who
could
bear
arms
should
assemble
in
one
place
;
that
the
place
thus
chosen
was
nearly
the
centre
of
those
regions
which
the
Suevi
possessed
;
that
in
this
spot
they
had
resolved
to
await
the
arrival
of
the
Romans
,
and
give
them
battle
there
.
When
Caesar
discovered
this
,
having
already
accomplished
all
these
things
on
account
of
which
he
had
resolved
to
lead
his
army
over
,
namely
,
to
strike
fear
into
the
Germans
,
take
vengeance
on
the
Sigambri
,
and
free
the
Ubii
from
the
invasion
of
the
Suevi
,
having
spent
altogether
eighteen
days
beyond
the
Rhine
,
and
thinking
he
had
advanced
far
enough
to
serve
both
honor
and
interest
,
he
returned
into
Gaul
,
and
cut
down
the
bridge
.
DBG 7: 68-69
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English
Fugato omni equitatu Vercingetorix copias , ut pro castris collocaverat , reduxit protinusque Alesiam , quod est oppidum Mandubiorum , iter facere coepit celeriterque impedimenta ex castris educi et se subsequi iussit . Caesar impedimentis in proximum collem deductis , duabus legionibus praesidio relictis , secutus quantum diei tempus est passum , circiter tribus milibus hostium ex novissimo agmine interfectis altero die ad Alesiam castra fecit . Perspecto urbis situ perterritisque hostibus , quod equitatu , qua maxime parte exercitus confidebant , erant pulsi , adhortatus ad laborem milites circumvallare instituit .
Ipsum erat oppidum Alesia in colle summo admodum edito loco , ut nisi obsidione expugnari non posse videretur ; cuius collis radices duo duabus ex partibus flumina subluebant . Ante id oppidum planities circiter milia passuum tria in longitudinem patebat : reliquis ex omnibus partibus colles mediocri interiecto spatio pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant . Sub muro , quae pars collis ad orientem solem spectabat , hunc omnem locum copiae Gallorum compleverant fossamque et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant . Eius munitionis quae ab Romanis instituebatur circuitus XI milia passuum tenebat . Castra opportunis locis erant posita ibique castella viginti tria facta , quibus in castellis interdiu stationes ponebantur , ne qua subito eruptio fieret : haec eadem noctu excubitoribus ac firmis praesidiis tenebantur .
Ipsum erat oppidum Alesia in colle summo admodum edito loco , ut nisi obsidione expugnari non posse videretur ; cuius collis radices duo duabus ex partibus flumina subluebant . Ante id oppidum planities circiter milia passuum tria in longitudinem patebat : reliquis ex omnibus partibus colles mediocri interiecto spatio pari altitudinis fastigio oppidum cingebant . Sub muro , quae pars collis ad orientem solem spectabat , hunc omnem locum copiae Gallorum compleverant fossamque et maceriam sex in altitudinem pedum praeduxerant . Eius munitionis quae ab Romanis instituebatur circuitus XI milia passuum tenebat . Castra opportunis locis erant posita ibique castella viginti tria facta , quibus in castellis interdiu stationes ponebantur , ne qua subito eruptio fieret : haec eadem noctu excubitoribus ac firmis praesidiis tenebantur .
All
his
cavalry
being
routed
,
Vercingetorix
led
back
his
troops
in
the
same
order
as
he
had
arranged
them
before
the
camp
,
and
immediately
began
to
march
to
Alesia
,
which
is
a
town
of
the
Mandubii
,
and
ordered
the
baggage
to
be
speedily
brought
forth
from
the
camp
,
and
follow
him
closely
.
Caesar
,
having
conveyed
his
baggage
to
the
nearest
hill
,
and
having
left
two
legions
to
guard
it
,
pursued
as
far
as
the
time
of
day
would
permit
,
and
after
slaying
about
three
thousand
of
the
rear
of
the
enemy
,
encamped
at
Alesia
on
the
next
day
.
On
reconnoitering
the
situation
of
the
city
,
finding
that
the
enemy
were
panic-stricken
,
because
the
cavalry
in
which
they
placed
their
chief
reliance
,
were
beaten
,
he
encouraged
his
men
to
endure
the
toil
,
and
began
to
draw
a
line
of
circumvallation
round
Alesia
.
The town itself was situated on the top of a hill , in a very lofty position , so that it did not appear likely to be taken , except by a regular siege . Two rivers , on two different sides , washed the foot of the hill . Before the town lay a plain of about three miles in length ; on every other side hills at a moderate distance , and of an equal degree of height , surrounded the town . The army of the Gauls had filled all the space under the wall , comprising a part of the hill which looked to the rising sun , and had drawn in front a trench and a stone wall six feet high . The circuit of that fortification , which was commenced by the Romans , comprised eleven miles . The camp was pitched in a strong position , and twenty-three redoubts were raised in it , in which sentinels were placed by day , lest any sally should be made suddenly ; and by night the same were occupied by watches and strong guards .
The town itself was situated on the top of a hill , in a very lofty position , so that it did not appear likely to be taken , except by a regular siege . Two rivers , on two different sides , washed the foot of the hill . Before the town lay a plain of about three miles in length ; on every other side hills at a moderate distance , and of an equal degree of height , surrounded the town . The army of the Gauls had filled all the space under the wall , comprising a part of the hill which looked to the rising sun , and had drawn in front a trench and a stone wall six feet high . The circuit of that fortification , which was commenced by the Romans , comprised eleven miles . The camp was pitched in a strong position , and twenty-three redoubts were raised in it , in which sentinels were placed by day , lest any sally should be made suddenly ; and by night the same were occupied by watches and strong guards .
Presti- Metamorphoses 1.466-1.480
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Latin
He spoke , and striking the air fiercely with beating wings , he landed on the shady peak of Parnassus , and took two arrows with opposite effects from his full quiver : one kindles love , the other dispels it . The one that kindles is golden with a sharp glistening point , the one that dispels is blunt with lead beneath its shaft . With the second he transfixed Peneus’s daughter , but with the first he wounded Apollo piercing him to the marrow of his bones .
Now the one loved , and the other fled from love’s name , taking delight in the depths of the woods , and the skins of the wild beasts she caught , emulating virgin Phoebe , a careless ribbon holding back her hair . Many courted her , but she , averse to being wooed , free from men and unable to endure them , roamed the pathless woods , careless of Hymen or Amor , or whatever marriage might be .
Now the one loved , and the other fled from love’s name , taking delight in the depths of the woods , and the skins of the wild beasts she caught , emulating virgin Phoebe , a careless ribbon holding back her hair . Many courted her , but she , averse to being wooed , free from men and unable to endure them , roamed the pathless woods , careless of Hymen or Amor , or whatever marriage might be .
dixit
et
eliso
percussis
aere
pennis
inpiger umbrosa Parnasi constitit arce
eque sagittifera prompsit duo tela pharetra
diversorum operum : fugat hoc , facit illud amorem ;
quod facit , auratum est et cuspide fulget acuta ,
quod fugat , obtusum est et habet sub harundine plumbum .
hoc deus in nympha Peneide fixit , at illo
laesit Apollineas traiecta per ossa medullas ;
protinus alter amat , fugit altera nomen amantis
silvarum latebris captivarumque ferarum
exuviis gaudens innuptaeque aemula Phoebes :
vitta coercebat positos sine lege capillos .
multi illam petiere , illa aversata petentes
inpatiens expersque viri nemora avia lustrat
nec , quid Hymen , quid Amor , quid sint conubia curat .
inpiger umbrosa Parnasi constitit arce
eque sagittifera prompsit duo tela pharetra
diversorum operum : fugat hoc , facit illud amorem ;
quod facit , auratum est et cuspide fulget acuta ,
quod fugat , obtusum est et habet sub harundine plumbum .
hoc deus in nympha Peneide fixit , at illo
laesit Apollineas traiecta per ossa medullas ;
protinus alter amat , fugit altera nomen amantis
silvarum latebris captivarumque ferarum
exuviis gaudens innuptaeque aemula Phoebes :
vitta coercebat positos sine lege capillos .
multi illam petiere , illa aversata petentes
inpatiens expersque viri nemora avia lustrat
nec , quid Hymen , quid Amor , quid sint conubia curat .