Tuesday, May 3, 2011

277. Daedalus et Icarus II




Tum Daedalus gravibus cūrīs commōtus fīliō suō Īcarō ita dīxit: "Animus meus, Īcare, est plēnus trīstitiae nec oculī lacrimīs egent. Discēdere ex Crētā, Athēnās properāre, maximē studeō; sed rēx recūsat audīre verba mea et omnem reditūs spem ēripit. Sed numquam rēbus adversīs vincar. Terra et mare sunt inimīca, sed aliam fugae viam reperiam." Tum in artīs ignōtās animum dīmittit et mīrum capit cōnsilium. Nam pennās in ōrdine pōnit et vērās ālās facit.


TEXT SOURCE: Latin for Beginners, by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1911), with a vocabulary list in the back.

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