Catullus+64.58-79


 * Catullus 64.58-79**

//Forgetful but fleeing the young man beats the waters of the sea with an oar,//
 * immemor at iuvenis fugiens pellit vada remis,**

//leaving behind the empty promises to the windy gale.// - pleonasm - golden line
 * irrita ventosae linquens promissa procellae.**

//whom Ariadne watches/Ariadne watches him far away from the seaweed with sad little eyes,//
 * quem procul ex alga maestis Minois ocellis,**

//(just) as a stony image of a bacchant, alas,//
 * saxea ut effigies bacchantis, prospicit, eheu,**

//she watches and wavers with great waves of emotional cares,//
 * prospicit et magnis curarum fluctuat undis,**

//not holding/keeping the delicate headdress on her blonde hair,//
 * non flavo retinens subtilem vertice mitram,**

//not covered with respect to her breast having been veiled with light clothing,//
 * non contecta levi velatum pectus amictu,**

//not bound with respect to her milk-white breasts by means of a smooth twisted band,//
 * non tereti strophio lactentis vincta papillas,**

//all of which, having slipped down from her whole body here and there,//
 * omnia quae toto delapsa e corpore passim**

//the waves of the sea were playing against before the feet of the mistress.//
 * ipsius ante pedes fluctus salis alludebant.**

//but she caring neither then what happens to her headdress nor to her flowing cloak//
 * sed neque tum mitrae neque tum fluitantis amictus**

//she was hanging from you, Theseus, with her whole heart,//
 * illa vicem curans toto ex te pectore, Theseu,**

__(70)__ **toto animo, tota pendebat perdita mente.** //with her whole spirit, her whole hopeless mind.//

//alas miserable one, whom Venus sowing//
 * a misera, assiduis quam luctibus externavit**

//thorny cares in her heart, with constant sorrows, put in a panic//
 * spinosas Erycina serens in pectore curas,**

//from that time when, fierce Theseus//
 * illa tempestate, ferox quo ex tempore Theseus**

//having set out from the curved shore of Piraeus// - there's a spondee here....its odd
 * egressus curvis e litoribus Piraei**

__(75)__ **attigit iniusti regis Gortynia templa.** //arrived at the Cretan temples of the unjust king.//

//Now/for they assert that once Cecropia (Athens) compelled//
 * nam perhibent olim crudeli peste coactam**

//to pay the penalty for the Androgeonan slaughter//
 * Androgeoneae poenas exsolvere caedis**

//select youths and at the same time the glory of their unwed maidens//
 * electos iuvenes simul et decus innuptarum**

//to give as a feast to the Minotaur.//
 * Cecropiam solitam esse dapem dare Minotauro.**