Latin'Rex superum Phrygii quondam Ganymedis amore 155
arsit, et inventum est aliquid, quod Iuppiter esse, quam quod erat, mallet. nulla tamen alite verti dignatur, nisi quae posset sua fulmina ferre. nec mora, percusso mendacibus aere pennis abripit Iliaden; qui nunc quoque pocula miscet 160 invitaque Iovi nectar Iunone ministrat. 'Te quoque, Amyclide, posuisset in aethere Phoebus, tristia si spatium ponendi fata dedissent. qua licet, aeternus tamen es, quotiensque repellit ver hiemem, Piscique Aries succedit aquoso, 165 tu totiens oreris viridique in caespite flores. te meus ante omnes genitor dilexit, et orbe in medio positi caruerunt praeside Delphi, dum deus Eurotan inmunitamque frequentat Sparten, nec citharae nec sunt in honore sagittae: 170 inmemor ipse sui non retia ferre recusat, non tenuisse canes, non per iuga montis iniqui ire comes, longaque alit adsuetudine flammas. iamque fere medius Titan venientis et actae noctis erat spatioque pari distabat utrimque, 175 corpora veste levant et suco pinguis olivi splendescunt latique ineunt certamina disci. quem prius aerias libratum Phoebus in auras misit et oppositas disiecit pondere nubes; reccidit in solidam longo post tempore terram 180 pondus et exhibuit iunctam cum viribus artem. protinus inprudens actusque cupidine lusus tollere Taenarides orbem properabat, at illum dura repercusso subiecit verbere tellus in vultus, Hyacinthe, tuos. |
Notes155. Superum, this can mean above but here use 'heaven' Phrygius, -a, -um, adj Trojan
160. Iliaden, Ilius, -a, -um, adj of Ilium, Trojan 162. Amyclides, -ae m Hyacinth, this is the location of Hyacinth's grave and also where he was worshiped 165. Piscique Aries, the direct translation is 'Fish' and 'Ram' and its a reference to the astrological signs 166. caespes, -itis m, turf, field 169. Eurotan, the river Eurotas 169-170. "inmunitamque frequentat Sparten", this can be directly translated as 'and the frequently unguarded Sparta' and a little more abstractly as the 'Sparta, the city with no walls' 170. cithara, -ae f. lyre, the instrument which is sacred to Apollo 174. Titan, -anos or Titanus, -i m, Titan, Sun or Prometheus 183. Taenarides, -ae m, man from Taenarus, specifically as reference to Hyacinthus |
Note: the flowers pictured at the top of the page are the Hyacinth flower that Apollo created after his lover's death