Catullus+64.80-104


 * Catullus 64.80-104**

//When the narrow walls were troubled with which evils//
 * 80 quis angusta malis cum moenia vexarentur,**

//Theseus himself wished to sacrifice his own body for dear Athens//
 * ipse suum Theseus pro caris corpus Athenis**

//rather than that such//
 * proicere optavit potius quam talia Cretam**

//corpses not corpses of Athens/Cecropia be carried to Crete.//
 * funera Cecropiae nec funera portarentur.**

//And he pressing forward with a light ship and a gentle breeze//
 * atque ita nave levi nitens ac lenibus auris**

//comes to great-spirited Minos and his proud home.//
 * 85 magnanimum ad Minoa venit sedesque superbas.**

//As soon as the royal maiden caught sight of him with her desirous//
 * hunc simul ac cupido conspexit lumine virgo**

//eye,// //whom the chaste little bed, breathing out sweet odors//,
 * regia, quam suavis exspirans castus odores**

//was nourishing in the soft embrace of a mother,//
 * lectulus in molli complexu matris alebat,**

//like the myrtles that surround the streams of Eurotas//
 * quales Eurotae progignunt flumina myrtus**

//or the spring breeze that leads out the separate colors,//
 * 90 aurave distinctos educit verna colores,**

//she did not turn away her flaming eyes from that man//
 * non prius ex illo flagrantia declinavit**

//before// //she conceived a flame from the depths with her entire body//
 * lumina, quam cuncto concepit corpore flammam**

//and burst into flames completely// //in her deepest marrows//.
 * funditus atque imis exarsit tota medullis.**

//Alas sacred boy, pitifully stirring up madnesses with a cruel heart//,
 * heu misere exagitans immiti corde furores**

//you who mix the joys of men with cares,//
 * 95 sancte puer, curis hominum qui gaudia misces,**

//and you (Venus) who rules Golgi and who (rules) leafy Idalium,//
 * quaeque regis Golgos quaeque Idalium frondosum,**

//with what waves have you all shaken up the girl, inflamed in her mind,//
 * qualibus incensam iactastis mente puellam**

//sighing often in/for her blond guest!//
 * fluctibus, in flavo saepe hospite suspirantem!**

//How many fears she has borne in her swooning heart!//
 * quantos illa tulit languenti corde timores!**

//By how much more brightness of gold has she often turned pale,//
 * 100 quam tum saepe magis fulgore expalluit auri,**

//When Theseus, desiring to fight against the savage monster,//
 * cum saevum cupiens contra contendere monstrum**

//sought either death or the rewards of praise!//
 * aut mortem appeteret Theseus aut praemia laudis!**

//However she, promising not unwelcome little gifts to the gods//
 * non ingrata tamen frustra munuscula divis**

//in vain, undertook vows with a silent lip://
 * promittens tacito succepit vota labello:**