← Latin Stories: The Claudius Tales
16.1 Post after multōs many annōs years Claudius Claudius in in villā villa suā his quiētē peacefully vīvēbat was living cum when subito suddenly prodigium omen mīrābile wonderful vīdit saw
16.2 Cervus stag albus white cornibus with horns aureīs golden in in hortō garden appāruit appeared et and ad towards silvam forest proxumam nearest cucurrit ran
16.3 Claudius Claudius hoc this signum sign deōrum of gods esse to be intellēxit understood et and statim immediately cervum stag sequī to follow cōnstituit decided
16.4 Per through multās many hōrās hours cervum stag sequēbātur was following dōnec until ad to lūcum grove sacrātum sacred pervēnit arrived
16.5 In in mediō middle lūcō grove templum temple vetustum ancient marmoreum marble stābat was standing quod which hederā with ivy virīdī green opertum covered erat was
16.6 Ante before templum temple sacerdōs priestess senex old sedēbat was sitting quae who Claudium Claudius exspectāre to await vidēbātur seemed
16.7 Sacerdōs priestess Claudiō to Claudius dīxit said perīculum danger magnum great īnsulae to island appropinquāre to approach quod which sōlus alone ille he āvertere to avert posset would be able
16.8 Ex from marī sea profundō deep serpēns serpent immānis enormous mox soon emergeret would emerge quī who omnēs all agrōs fields vāstāret would lay waste
16.9 Claudius Claudius auxilium help suum his pollicitus having promised est is sed but quōmodō how mōnstrum monster vincere to conquer posset he would be able nesciēbat did not know
16.10 Tum then sacerdōs priestess ē from templō temple gladium sword antīquum ancient prōtulit brought forth quī which splendōre with brightness caelestī heavenly fulgēbat was shining
16.11 Hōc with this gladiō sword inquit said sacerdōs priestess mōnstrum monster interficere to kill dēbēs you must sed but prius first in in aquā water sacrā sacred mergendus to be dipped est is
16.12 Claudius Claudius ad to fontem spring sacrum sacred prope near templum temple īvit went et and gladium sword ter thrice in in aquā water mersit dipped
16.13 Vix scarcely hoc this fēcerat he had done cum when subitō suddenly clāmor shout magnus great ā from litore shore marīs of sea audītus heard est is
16.14 Serpēns serpent horribilis horrible ex from undīs waves caput head sustulerat had raised et and iam now prīmās first casās cottages piscātōrum of fishermen dēlēbat was destroying
16.15 Claudius Claudius sine without morā delay ad to lītus shore cucurrit ran gladium sword sacrum sacred manū in hand fortī brave tenēns holding
16.16 Mōnstrum monster ubi when splendōrem brightness gladiī of sword vīdit saw īram anger concepit conceived et and contrā against Claudium Claudius impetum attack fēcit made
16.17 Per for trēs three hōrās hours pugnābant they fought dum while incolae inhabitants territī terrified ē from tūtō safe place spectābant were watching
16.18 Tandem finally Claudius Claudius gladium sword sacrum sacred altē high extōllit raised et and in into collum neck serpentis of serpent īnfīxit drove
16.19 Mōnstrum monster magno with great cum with fremitū roar in into mare sea recidit fell back et and fluctūs waves rubrī red sanguine with blood factī made sunt were
16.20 Iterum again Claudius Claudius ut as hērōs hero ab by omnibus all celebrātus celebrated est was et and templum temple novum new in in lūcō grove sacrō sacred aedificātum built est was
16.1 Post multōs annōs Claudius in villā suā quiētē vīvēbat cum subito prodigium mīrābile vīdit.
16.2 Cervus albus cornibus aureīs in hortō appāruit et ad silvam proxumam cucurrit.
16.3 Claudius hoc signum deōrum esse intellēxit et statim cervum sequī cōnstituit.
16.4 Per multās hōrās cervum sequēbātur dōnec ad lūcum sacrātum pervēnit.
16.5 In mediō lūcō templum vetustum marmoreum stābat quod hederā virīdī opertum erat.
16.6 Ante templum sacerdōs senex sedēbat quae Claudium exspectāre vidēbātur.
16.7 Sacerdōs Claudiō dīxit perīculum magnum īnsulae appropinquāre quod sōlus ille āvertere posset.
16.8 Ex marī profundō serpēns immānis mox emergeret quī omnēs agrōs vāstāret.
16.9 Claudius auxilium suum pollicitus est sed quōmodō mōnstrum vincere posset nesciēbat.
16.10 Tum sacerdōs ē templō gladium antīquum prōtulit quī splendōre caelestī fulgēbat.
16.11 "Hōc gladiō," inquit sacerdōs, "mōnstrum interficere dēbēs sed prius in aquā sacrā mergendus est."
16.12 Claudius ad fontem sacrum prope templum īvit et gladium ter in aquā mersit.
16.13 Vix hoc fēcerat cum subitō clāmor magnus ā litore marīs audītus est.
16.14 Serpēns horribilis ex undīs caput sustulerat et iam prīmās casās piscātōrum dēlēbat.
16.15 Claudius sine morā ad lītus cucurrit gladium sacrum manū fortī tenēns.
16.16 Mōnstrum ubi splendōrem gladiī vīdit īram concepit et contrā Claudium impetum fēcit.
16.17 Per trēs hōrās pugnābant dum incolae territī ē tūtō spectābant.
16.18 Tandem Claudius gladium sacrum altē extōllit et in collum serpentis īnfīxit.
16.19 Mōnstrum magno cum fremitū in mare recidit et fluctūs rubrī sanguine factī sunt.
16.20 Iterum Claudius ut hērōs ab omnibus celebrātus est et templum novum in lūcō sacrō aedificātum est.
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