Oxford Latin Course: Part 1 Chapter 10 Translations and Answers

Polyphemus

Aeneas and the Trojans board the ships; they sail from the city of Troy to unknown lands. For a long time they search for a land where they can found a new Troy; they undergo many sufferings, many dangers; often Aeneas despairs. At last they decide to sail to Italy. But when they approach Sicily, they scarcely avoid a great danger; for they see the rocks where Scylla lives, a horrible monster, and they hear the tremendous sound of the whirlpool where Charybdis spews up the waves. Father Anchises shouts in a loud voice: 'Flee; rescue the ships from danger; for in those rocks lives Scylla.' Aeneas hears his father's words and avoids the rocks. So they scarcely escape from the danger unharmed. When they come to Sicily, they see Mount Ema; they steer their ships towards the lahd and towards nightfall they reach the shore of the island. They rest on the shore beneath the mountain. Mount Etna thunders throughout the night; it hurls flames and rocks into the sky. The Trojans are terrified and anxiously wait for day. They are hurrying to board their ships when they see a man who is running to the shore. He calls the Trojans; he runs up to them and says 'Save me, I beseech you. I am a Greek, a comrade of Odysseus. The rest have fled. I alone remain. Flee, unhappy men, flee. The Cyclopes live here, vast giants, which eat men. Don't hand me over to the Cyclopes. Save me. Receive me into your ship.' Suddenly the Trojans see Polyphemus, a vast giant. He is leading his sheep down the mountain. He is blind; he descends slowly; on the way he often slips. Aeneas is terrified. 'Run to the ships,' he says; 'hurry!' The Trojans take the comrade of Odysseus and flee to the ships. Polyphemus is now reaching the shore and advanc-ing into the sea. He cannot see the Trojans but he hears them rowing. He raises a huge shout. The other Cyclopes hear the shout and run down from the moun-tains to the shore. They hurl huge rocks at the ships; but the Trojans are already rowing from the shore. The Cyclopes cannot reach them.

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1 The Trojans sail to the shore of. Sicily. 2 Mount Etna is throwing smoke and rocks into the sky; the Trojans are in great danger. 3 While they are resting on the shore, they see Polyphemus; he is descending slowly down the mountain. 4 Polyphemus advances into the sea and hurls rocks at the ships.

Exercise 10.3

1 he/she sends 2 send!(p/.) 3 to send 4 I send 5 they send 6 to do/make 7 they do 8 do! {pl.) 9 you do 10 I do 11 they return 12 he/she returns 13 return! (s.) 14 we return 15 to return

Exercise 10.4

1 tandem Trōiānī ad Siciliam adveniunt et in lītore quiēscunt. 2 sed in magnō perīculō sunt; mōns Aetna saxa ingentia in caelum prōicit/conicit. 3 subitō Aenēas Polyphēmum videt. 'comitēs,' inquit, 'ad mare currite nāvēsque (et nāvēs) cōnscendite.' 4 Trōiānī verba Aenēae audiunt curruntque (et currunt) ad nāvēs. 5 Polyphēmus eōs audit sed vidēre nōn potest. 6 Trōiānī incolumēs sunt; nam in apertō marī iam nāvigant.

Exercise 10.1

genitive 1 puerī fortis 2 multōrum saxōrum 3 puellārum trīstium 4 magnī perīculī 5 silvārum ingentium 6 nāvis celeris 7 altī montis 8 omnium verbōrum accusative 1 puerum fortem 2 multa saxa 3 puellās trīstēs 4 magnum perīculum 5 silvās ingentēs 6 nāvem celerem 7 altum montem 8 omnia verba 1 puerō fortl 2 multīs saxīs 3 puellīs trīstibus 4 magnō perīculō 5 silvīs ingentibus 6 nāve celerī 7 altō monte 8 omnibus verbīs

Exercise 10.2

Flee, comrades; giants are throwing huge rocks against us. Don't stay on the shore but run to the sea and board the ships. It is time to row fast; now we are escaping unharmed from the danger. But look at the sky, comrades; we are falling into a new danger. A great storm is coming; we are always undergoing new dangers.