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Beginners Latin Course: 2. Adventures of Hercules(1), 24 Fourth Labour: The Erymanthian Boar (primer)

24 Fourth Labour: The Erymanthian Boar (primer)

Tum vero Hercules iussus est capere quendam aprum

Then indeed Hercules was ordered to capture a certain boar

qui vastabat Erymanthios agros illo tempore,

which was ravaging the Erymanthian lands at that time,

et magnopere terrebat incolas huius regionis.

and greatly was terrifying the inhabitants of this region.

Hercules suscepit rem et profectus est in Arcadiam.

Hercules took up the task and set out into Arcadia.

Postquam progressus est paulum in silvam, oc-currit apro.

After he advanced a little into the wood, he met with the boar.

autem simul atque vidit Herculem, ille statim re-fugit ,

However as soon as it saw Hercules, it immediately fled ,

et per-territus timore pro-iecit se in altam fossam.

and terrified with fear threw itself into a deep ditch.

Hercules igitur iniecit laqueum quem at-tulerat,

Hercules therefore threw in a noose which he had brought,

et cum summa difficultate ex-traxit aprum e fossa.

and with the highest difficulty he dragged the boar out of the ditch.

ille quamquam re-pugnabat fortiter,

That < boar>, although it fought back strongly, nullo modo potuit liberare se;

in no way was able to free itself;

et re-latus est vivus ab Hercule ad Eurystheum.

and was carried back alive by Hercules to Eurytheus.


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Tum vero Hercules iussus est capere quendam aprum Then, indeed, a kind of wild boar, Hercules was ordered to sail to catch the

Then indeed Hercules was ordered to capture a certain boar

qui vastabat Erymanthios agros illo tempore, who is the destroyer of the Erymanthios the fields, at that time,

which was ravaging the Erymanthian lands at that time, The embrace of the Erymanthian which lands at that time;

et magnopere terrebat incolas huius regionis. and very frightening the natives of the region.

and greatly was terrifying the inhabitants of this region.

Hercules suscepit rem et profectus est in Arcadiam. Hercules took up the matter and went to Arcadia.

Hercules took up the task and set out into Arcadia.

Postquam progressus est paulum in silvam, oc-currit apro. After a little progress in the forest, o-running boar.

After he advanced a little into the wood, he met with the boar.

autem simul atque vidit Herculem, ille statim re-fugit , and at the same time, however, he saw Hercules, and he hasted, and re-runs away,

However as soon as it saw Hercules, it immediately fled ,

et per-territus timore pro-iecit se in altam fossam. Sending and fear-for-shot himself in a deep ditch.

and terrified with fear threw itself into a deep ditch. and terrified with fear threw itself into a deep ditch.

Hercules igitur iniecit laqueum quem at-tulerat, Hercules has laid a trap at-off;

Hercules therefore threw in a noose which he had brought,

et cum summa difficultate ex-traxit aprum e fossa. drew the wild boar out of the-out of the ditch, and with the greatest difficulty.

and with the highest difficulty he dragged the boar out of the ditch.

ille quamquam re-pugnabat fortiter, although he re-attack;

That < boar>, although it fought back strongly, nullo modo potuit liberare se; by no means able to free themselves;

in no way was able to free itself;

et re-latus est vivus ab Hercule ad Eurystheum. And the reality of living side-by Hercules to Eurystheum.

and was carried back alive by Hercules to Eurytheus.