David Lash
Furman University
Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.33.1
David Lash /
- Created on 2021-11-13 16:07:30
- Modified on 2021-11-17 04:50:38
- Translated by A. S. Kline 2013 (left) vs. William Adlington 1999 (right)
- Aligned by David Lash
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The king , blessed till now , on hearing this utterance of sacred prophecy went slowly home in sadness and told his wife the oracle’s dark saying .
Rex , olim beatus , affatu sanctae vaticinationis accepto pigens tristisque retro domum pergit suaeque coniugi praecepta sortis enodat infaustae .
The King , sometimes happy when he heard the prophesie of Apollo , returned home sad and sorrowful , and declared to his wife the miserable and unhappy fate of his daughter .
Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.33.1
David Lash /
- Created on 2021-11-14 21:09:14
- Modified on 2021-11-17 04:51:39
- Translated by A. S. Kline 2013 (left) vs. E.J. Kenny 1998 (right)
- Aligned by David Lash
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the whole city grieved at the cruel fate that had struck the afflicted house and public business was interrupted as a fitting show of mourning .
Sic affectae domus triste fatum cuncta etiam civitas congemebat , luctuque publico confestim congruens edicitur iustitium .
The whole city joined in lamenting the sad plight of the afflicted family , and in sympathy with the general grief all public business was immediately suspended .