38. Tenth Labour: the Oxen of Geryon (primer)

tum vero Hercules missus est ad insulam Erythiam, Then, indeed, Hercules, when sent to the island of Erythiam,

Then indeed Hercules was sent to the island Erythia,

ut reduceret boves Geryonis. in order to reduce the herd Geryonis.

so that he might bring back the oxen of Geryon . so that he might bring back the oxen of Geryon.

res erat summae difficultatis, the matter was one of the greatest of difficulty,

The matter was of the highest difficulty,

quod boves custodiebantur The cows were guarded

because the oxen were guarded because the oxen were guarded

a quodam Eurytione et a bicipite cane. Eurytione and bicipite by a dog.

by a certain Eurytion and by a two-headed dog.

autem Geryon ipse praebebat diram speciem; he gave a dreadful character, however, the appearance of Geryon;

And Geryon himself showed a fearsome appearance;

enim habebat tria corpora coniuncta inter se. the bodies of the three; for he had not joined with each other.

for he had three bodies joined between themselves .

Hercules tamen suscepit negotium; Her task is received;

Hercules however took up the task;

etsi intellegebat quantum periculum esset,

although he understood how great the danger was,

ac postquam fecit iter per multas terras, a journey through the many lands, and after he hath done,

and after he made journey through many lands,

pervenit ad eam partem Africae he came to that part of the of Africa,

he arrived to that part of Africa

quae est proxima Europae . which is a European.

which is nearest to Europe .

ibi in utroque litore maris

There on each shore of the sea

quod dividit Europam ab Africa , that divides Europe from Africa,

which separates Europe from Africa ,

constituit ingentes columnas,

he set up the huge columns,

quae postea appellabantur Columnae Herculis. which was later called the Pillars of Hercules.

which afterwards were called the Columns of Hercules.