#LatinForTheDay - 28 December
"Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna trifauci
personat, adverso recubans immanis in antro.
cui vates, horrere videns iam colla colubris,
melle soporatam et medicatis frugibus offam
obicit. ille fame rabida tria guttura pandens...
"Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna trifauci
personat, adverso recubans immanis in antro.
cui vates, horrere videns iam colla colubris,
melle soporatam et medicatis frugibus offam
obicit. ille fame rabida tria guttura pandens...
"corripit obiectam, atque immania terga resolvit
fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro.
occupat Aeneas aditum custode sepulto
evaditque celer ripam inremeabilis undae."
Virgil, Aeneid 6.417-425
fusus humi totoque ingens extenditur antro.
occupat Aeneas aditum custode sepulto
evaditque celer ripam inremeabilis undae."
Virgil, Aeneid 6.417-425
'The immense Cerberus barks loud for his three throats,
Shaking the very realm, squeezing his bulk into the cave opposite.
The Sibyl, seeing the snakes bristling on his necks, throws
To him a honeycake, but one steeped in soporific elixirs.
Shaking the very realm, squeezing his bulk into the cave opposite.
The Sibyl, seeing the snakes bristling on his necks, throws
To him a honeycake, but one steeped in soporific elixirs.
'The hound, gaping three throats in raging hunger,
Snatches up the morsel. At once his monstrous back relaxed;
He sinks to the ground, his frame filling his whole kennel.
Aeneas seizes the entrance as the guard-dog slumbers,
Swiftly leaving the bank of the 'River-of-No-Return.'
Snatches up the morsel. At once his monstrous back relaxed;
He sinks to the ground, his frame filling his whole kennel.
Aeneas seizes the entrance as the guard-dog slumbers,
Swiftly leaving the bank of the 'River-of-No-Return.'
The Image at the head of this brief thread is 'Cerberus' by William Blake, ca. 1824-1827 (Tate Gallery: N03354).
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