Catullus+64.238-253


 * Catullus 64.238-253**

These orders left Theseus, holding (them) previously with a constant mind,
 * haec mandata prius constanti mente tenentem**

just as clouds, struck with a gust of winds,
 * Thesea ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes**

leave the lofty peak of a snowy mountain.
 * 240 aerium nivei montis liquere cacumen.**

But his father, as he was seeking the view from the highest citadel
 * at pater, ut summa prospectum ex arce petebat,**

exhausting his anxious eyes in constant tears
 * anxia in assiduos absumens lumina fletus,**

when first/as soon as he caught sight of the cloths of the dyed sails,
 * cum primum infecti conspexit lintea veli,**

threw himself headlong from the top of the rocks,
 * praecipitem sese scopulorum e vertice iecit,**

believing Theseus lost to cruel fate.
 * 245 amissum credens immiti Thesea fato.**

Thus, fierce Theseus, having entered the roofs of the house funereal
 * sic, funesta domus ingressus tecta paterna**

with paternal death, what sort of grief he had provided to Ariadne
 * morte, ferox Theseus, qualem Minoidi luctum**

with a forgetful mind, such (grief) he himself received.
 * obtulerat mente immemori, talem ipse recepit.**

Who, sad, then looking out upon the departing ship
 * quae tum prospectans cedentem maesta carinam**

was turning multitudinous cares in her heart, distressed.
 * 250 multiplices animo volvebat saucia curas.**

But from another part, flowering Bacchus was flying around =]
 * at parte ex alia florens volitabat Iacchus**

with a band of satyrs and Nysan Silenis
 * cum thiaso Satyrorum et Nysigenis Silenis,**

looking for you, Ariadne, with your love.
 * te quaerens, Ariadna, tuoque incensus amore.**