# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Ulysses

Fabulae Faciles

Ulysses, a famous Greek hero, took a prominent part in the long siege of Troy. After the fall of the city, he set out with his followers on his homeward voyage to Ithaca, an island of which he was king; but being driven out of his course by northerly winds, he was compelled to touch at the country of the Lotus-eaters, who are supposed to have lived on the north coast of Africa. Some of his comrades were so delighted with the lotus fruit that they wished to remain in the country, but Ulysses compelled them to embark again and continued his voyage. He next came to the island of Sicily, and fell into the hands of the giant Polyphēmus, one of the Cyclōpes. After several of his comrades had been killed by this monster, Ulysses made his escape by stratagem and reached the country of the winds. Here he received the help of Aeolus, king of the winds, and having set sail again, arrived within sight of Ithaca; but owing to the folly of his companions, the winds became suddenly adverse and he was again driven back. He then touched at an island which was the home of Circe, a powerful enchantress, who exercised her charms on his companions and turned them into swine. By the help of the god Mercury, Ulysses not only escaped this fate himself, but also forced Circe to restore her victims to human shape. After staying a year with Circe, he again set out and eventually reached his home.

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## Homeward Bound (Fabulae Faciles 81)

**1** Urbem Trōiam ā Graecīs decem annōs obsessam esse satis cōnstat; dē hōc enim bellō Homērus, māximus poētārum Graecōrum, Īliadem opus nōtissimum scrīpsit.  
It is well enough agreed that the city of Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years; for about this war Homer, the greatest of the Greek poets, wrote that very famous work the Iliad.

**2** Trōiā tandem per īnsidiās captā, Graecī longō bellō fessī domum redīre mātūrāvērunt.  
When Troy had at last been taken by a trick, the Greeks, tired by the long war, made haste to return home.

**3** Omnibus rēbus igitur ad profectiōnem parātīs nāvīs dēdūxērunt, et tempestātem idōneam nactī māgnō cum gaudiō solvērunt.  
Everything therefore being made ready for departure, they launched their ships, and having got suitable weather cast off with great joy.

**4** Erat inter prīmōs Graecōrum Ulixēs quīdam, vir summae virtūtis ac prūdentiae, quem dīcunt nōnnūllī dolum istum excōgitāsse quō Trōiam captam esse cōnstat.  
Among the foremost of the Greeks was a certain Ulysses, a man of the greatest courage and good sense, who some say devised that trick by which it is agreed that Troy was taken.

**5** Hīc rēgnum īnsulae Ithacae obtinuerat, et paulō antequam cum reliquīs Graecīs ad bellum profectus est, puellam fōrmōsissimam, nōmine Pēnelopēn, in mātrimōnium dūxerat.  
He had held the kingship of the island of Ithaca, and a little before he set out for the war with the rest of the Greeks, he had taken in marriage a most beautiful girl, Penelope by name.

**6** Nunc igitur cum iam decem annōs quasi in exsiliō cōnsūmpsisset, māgnā cupiditāte patriae et uxōris videndae ārdēbat.  
Now therefore, since he had already spent ten years as if in exile, he burned with a great longing to see his native land and his wife.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| Īliadem | the Iliad, from Iliades |

## The Lotus-eaters (Fabulae Faciles 82)

**7** Postquam tamen pauca mīlia passuum ā lītore Trōiae progressī sunt, tanta tempestās subitō coorta est ut nūlla nāvium cursum tenēre posset, sed aliae aliās in partīs disicerentur.  
After they had gone forward a few miles from the shore of Troy, however, so great a storm suddenly arose that none of the ships could hold its course, but they were scattered, one in one direction and another in another.

**8** Nāvis autem quā ipse Ulixēs vehēbātur vī tempestātis ad merīdiem dēlāta decimō diē ad lītus Libyae appulsa est.  
And the ship in which Ulysses himself sailed, carried south by the force of the storm, was driven ashore on the tenth day on the coast of Libya.

**9** Ancorīs iactīs Ulixēs cōnstituit nōnnūllōs ē sociīs in terram expōnere, quī aquam ad nāvem referrent et quālis esset nātūra ēius regiōnis cōgnōscerent.  
Having cast anchor, Ulysses decided to set some of his companions ashore, to bring water back to the ship and to find out what the nature of that region was.

**10** Hī igitur ē nāvī ēgressī imperāta facere parābant.  
These therefore, having gone out of the ship, were preparing to carry out their orders.

**11** Dum tamen fontem quaerunt, quibusdam ex incolīs obviam factī ab iīs hospitiō acceptī sunt.  
While they were looking for a spring, however, they fell in with certain of the inhabitants and were received by them in hospitality.

**12** Accidit autem ut māior pars vīctūs eōrum hominum in mīrō quōdam frūctū quem lōtum appellābant cōnsisteret.  
Now it happened that the greater part of the food of those men consisted of a certain strange fruit which they called the lotus.

**13** Quam cum Graecī gustāssent, patriae et sociōrum statim oblītī cōnfīrmāvērunt sē semper in eā terrā mānsūrōs, ut dulcī illō cibō in perpetuum vēscerentur.  
When the Greeks had tasted it, forgetting at once their native land and their companions, they declared that they would stay in that land forever, so as to feed on that sweet food without end.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| disicerentur | break up |
| lōtum | lotus, flower of forgetfulness, from lotos |
| gustāssent | taste, sip, from gusto |

## The Rescue (Fabulae Faciles 83)

**14** Ulixēs cum ab hōrā septimā ad vesperum exspectāsset, veritus nē sociī suī in perīculō versārentur, nōnnūllōs ē reliquīs mīsit, ut quae causa esset morae cōgnōscerent.  
When Ulysses had waited from the seventh hour until evening, fearing that his companions were in danger, he sent some of the rest, to find out what the cause of the delay was.

**15** Hī igitur in terram expositī ad vīcum quī nōn longē aberat sē contulērunt; quō cum vēnissent, sociōs suōs quasi vīnō ēbriōs repperērunt.  
These therefore, having been set ashore, betook themselves to a village which was not far off; and when they had come there, they found their companions as if drunk with wine.

**16** Tum ubi causam veniendī docuērunt, iīs persuādēre cōnābantur ut sēcum ad nāvem redīrent.  
Then, when they had explained the reason for their coming, they tried to persuade them to return with them to the ship.

**17** Illī tamen resistere ac manū sē dēfendere coepērunt, saepe clāmitantēs sē numquam ex eō locō abitūrōs.  
They, however, began to resist and to defend themselves with their hands, shouting again and again that they would never go away from that place.

**18** Quae cum ita essent, nūntiī rē īnfectā ad Ulixem rediērunt.  
Since this was so, the messengers returned to Ulysses with their business unfinished.

**19** Hīs rēbus cōgnitīs ipse cum omnibus quī in nāvī relictī erant ad locum vēnit; et sociōs suōs frūstrā hortātus ut suā sponte redīrent, manibus eōrum post terga vinctīs invītōs ad nāvem reportāvit.  
When he learned this, he himself came to the place with all who had been left in the ship; and having urged his companions in vain to return of their own accord, he tied their hands behind their backs and carried them off to the ship against their will.

**20** Tum ancorīs sublātīs quam celerrimē ē portū solvit.  
Then, having weighed anchor, he cast off from the harbor as quickly as possible.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| ēbriōs | drunk, intoxicated, from ebrius |
| īnfectā | unfinished, undone, from infectus |

## The One-eyed Giant (Fabulae Faciles 84)

**21** Postquam eā tōtā nocte rēmīs contendērunt, postrīdiē ad terram īgnōtam nāvem appulērunt.  
After they had strained at the oars all that night, on the next day they put in with their ship at an unknown land.

**22** Tum, quod nātūram ēius regiōnis īgnōrābat, ipse Ulixēs cum duodecim ē sociīs in terram ēgressus loca explōrāre cōnstituit.  
Then, because he did not know the nature of that region, Ulysses himself, having gone ashore with twelve of his companions, decided to explore the place.

**23** Paulum ā lītore prōgressī ad spēluncam ingentem pervēnērunt, quam habitārī sēnsērunt; ēius enim introitum et nātūrā locī et manū mūnītum esse animadvertērunt.  
Having gone forward a little from the shore they reached a huge cave, which they perceived was inhabited; for they noticed that its entrance was fortified both by the nature of the place and by hand.

**24** Mox, etsī intellegēbant sē nōn sine perīculō id factūrōs, spēluncam intrāvērunt; quod cum fēcissent, māgnam cōpiam lactis in vāsīs ingentibus conditam invēnērunt.  
Soon, although they understood that they would not do it without danger, they entered the cave; and when they had done this, they found a great supply of milk stored in huge vessels.

**25** Dum tamen mīrantur quis in eā sēde habitāret, sonitum terribilem audīvērunt, et oculīs ad portam tortīs mōnstrum horribile vīdērunt, hūmānā quidem speciē et figūrā, sed ingentī māgnitūdine corporis.  
While they were wondering, however, who was living in that dwelling, they heard a terrible sound, and having turned their eyes to the doorway they saw a horrible monster, of human shape and figure indeed, but of huge size of body.

**26** Cum autem animadvertissent mōnstrum ūnum oculum tantum habēre in mediā fronte positum, intellēxērunt hunc esse ūnum ē Cyclōpibus, dē quibus fāmam iam accēperant.  
And when they had noticed that the monster had only one eye, set in the middle of its forehead, they understood that this was one of the Cyclopes, of whom they had already heard report.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| vāsīs | one who guarantees court appearance, from vasum |
| tortīs | pie, from torta |

## The Giant's Supper (Fabulae Faciles 85)

**27** Cyclōpēs autem pāstōrēs erant quīdam quī īnsulam Siciliam et praecipuē montem Aetnam incolēbant; ibi enim Volcānus, praeses fabrōrum et īgnis repertor, cūius servī Cyclōpēs erant, officīnam suam habēbat.  
The Cyclopes, moreover, were certain shepherds who lived on the island of Sicily and especially on Mount Etna; for there Vulcan, the master of smiths and the discoverer of fire, whose slaves the Cyclopes were, had his workshop.

**28** Graecī igitur simul ac mōnstrum vīdērunt, terrōre paene exanimātī in interiōrem partem spēluncae refūgērunt et sē ibi abdere cōnābantur.  
The Greeks therefore, as soon as they saw the monster, almost lifeless with terror fled into the inner part of the cave and tried to hide themselves there.

**29** Polyphēmus autem (sīc enim Cyclōps appellābātur) pecus suum in spēluncam compulit; deinde, cum saxō ingentī portam obstrūxisset, īgnem in mediā spēluncā fēcit.  
But Polyphemus (for so the Cyclops was called) drove his flock into the cave; then, when he had blocked the doorway with a huge rock, he made a fire in the middle of the cave.

**30** Hōc factō, oculō omnia perlūstrābat, et cum sēnsisset hominēs in interiōre parte spēluncae esse abditōs, māgnā vōce exclāmāvit: "Quī hominēs estis?  
When he had done this, he searched everything with his eye, and when he had perceived that there were men hidden in the inner part of the cave, he shouted in a great voice: "What men are you?

**31** Mercātōrēs an latrōnēs?" Tum Ulixēs respondit sē neque mercātōrēs esse neque praedandī causā vēnisse; sed ā Trōiā redeuntīs vī tempestātum ā rēctō cursū dēpulsōs esse.  
Traders or robbers?" Then Ulysses answered that they were neither traders nor had come for the sake of plunder; but that, returning from Troy, they had been driven from their straight course by the force of the storms.

**32** Ōrāvit etiam ut sibi sine iniūriā abīre licēret.  
He begged too that he be allowed to go away unharmed.

**33** Tum Polyphēmus quaesīvit ubi esset nāvis quā vectī essent; sed Ulixēs cum sibi māximē praecavendum esse bene intellegeret, respondit nāvem suam in rūpīs coniectam omnīnō frāctam esse.  
Then Polyphemus asked where the ship was in which they had sailed; but Ulysses, since he understood well that he must take the greatest care, answered that his ship had been thrown onto the rocks and altogether broken up.

**34** Polyphēmus autem nūllō respōnsō datō duo ē sociīs manū corripuit, et membrīs eōrum dīvulsīs carnem dēvorāre coepit.  
Polyphemus, however, gave no answer, but seized two of the companions with his hand, and having torn their limbs apart began to devour the flesh.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| repertor | discoverer, inventor |
| officīnam | workshop, from officina |
| interiōrem | inner, interior, from interior |
| obstrūxisset | block up, barricade, from obstruo |
| perlūstrābat | go or wander all through, from perlustro |
| redeuntīs | return, go back |
| praecavendum | guard, beware, from praecaveo |
| dīvulsīs | alienate, from divello |

## A Desperate Situation (Fabulae Faciles 86)

**35** Dum haec geruntur, Graecōrum animōs tantus terror occupāvit ut nē vōcem quidem ēdere possent, sed omnī spē salūtis dēpositā mortem praesentem exspectārent.  
While this was going on, so great a terror took hold of the Greeks' minds that they could not even utter a sound, but, all hope of safety given up, were waiting for death at hand.

**36** Polyphēmus, postquam famēs hāc tam horribilī cēnā dēpulsa est, humī prōstrātus somnō sē dedit.  
Polyphemus, after his hunger had been driven off by this so horrible a dinner, stretched himself on the ground and gave himself to sleep.

**37** Quod cum vīdisset Ulixēs, tantam occāsiōnem reī gerendae nōn omittendam arbitrātus, in eō erat ut pectus mōnstrī gladiō trānsfīgeret.  
When Ulysses had seen this, judging that so great a chance of doing something should not be let slip, he was on the point of piercing the monster's breast with his sword.

**38** Cum tamen nihil temerē agendum exīstimāret, cōnstituit explōrāre, antequam hōc faceret, quā ratiōne ex spēluncā ēvādere possent.  
Since, however, he thought that nothing should be done rashly, he decided to find out, before he did this, by what method they could get out of the cave.

**39** At cum saxum animadvertisset quō introitus obstrūctus erat, nihil sibi prōfutūrum intellēxit sī Polyphēmum interfēcisset.  
But when he had noticed the rock by which the entrance had been blocked, he understood that it would do him no good if he killed Polyphemus.

**40** Tanta enim erat ēius saxī māgnitūdō ut nē ā decem quidem hominibus āmovērī posset.  
For so great was the size of that rock that it could not be moved away even by ten men.

**41** Quae cum ita essent, Ulixēs hōc cōnātū dēstitit et ad sociōs rediit; quī cum intellēxissent quō in locō rēs essent, nūllā spē salūtis oblātā dē fortūnīs suīs dēspērāre coepērunt.  
Since this was so, Ulysses gave up this attempt and returned to his companions; and they, when they understood in what position matters stood, with no hope of safety offered them began to despair of their fortunes.

**42** Ille tamen nē animōs dēmitterent vehementer hortātus est; dēmōnstrāvit sē iam anteā ē multīs et māgnīs perīculīs ēvāsisse, neque dubium esse quīn in tantō discrīmine dī auxilium lātūrī essent.  
He, however, urged them strongly not to lose heart; he pointed out that he had already before this escaped from many great dangers, and that there was no doubt that in so great a crisis the gods would bring help.

## A Plan for Vengeance (Fabulae Faciles 87)

**43** Ortā lūce Polyphēmus iam ē somnō excitātus idem quod hesternō diē fēcit; correptīs enim duōbus ē reliquīs virīs carnem eōrum sine morā dēvorāvit.  
At daybreak Polyphemus, now roused from sleep, did the same as on the day before; for having seized two of the remaining men he devoured their flesh without delay.

**44** Tum, cum saxum āmōvisset, ipse cum pecore suō ex spēluncā prōgressus est; quod cum Graecī vidērent, māgnam in spem sē post paulum ēvāsūrōs vēnērunt.  
Then, when he had moved the rock away, he himself went out of the cave with his flock; and when the Greeks saw this, they came into a great hope that they would escape shortly.

**45** Mox tamen ab hāc spē repulsī sunt; nam Polyphēmus, postquam omnēs ovēs exiērunt, saxum in locum restituit.  
Soon, however, they were driven back from this hope; for Polyphemus, after all the sheep had gone out, put the rock back in its place.

**46** Reliquī omnī spē salūtis dēpositā lāmentīs lacrimīsque sē dēdidērunt; Ulixēs vērō, quī, ut suprā dēmōnstrāvimus, vir māgnī fuit cōnsilī, etsī intellegēbat rem in discrīmine esse, nōndum omnīnō dēspērābat.  
The rest gave themselves up to lamenting and tears, all hope of safety given up; but Ulysses, who, as we have shown above, was a man of great resource, although he understood that the matter was in a crisis, was not yet altogether in despair.

**47** Tandem, postquam diū haec tōtō animō cōgitāvit, hōc cōnsilium cēpit.  
At last, after he had thought long over this with his whole mind, he formed this plan.

**48** Ē līgnīs quae in spēluncā reposita erant pālum māgnum dēlēgit.  
Out of the wood which had been stored in the cave he chose a great stake.

**49** Hunc summā cum dīligentiā praeacūtum fēcit; tum, postquam sociīs quid fierī vellet ostendit, reditum Polyphēmī exspectābat.  
This he made sharp at the point with the greatest care; then, after he had shown his companions what he wanted done, he waited for the return of Polyphemus.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| hesternō | of yesterday, from hesternus |
| praeacūtum | be in charge, from praeacuo |

## A Glass Too Much (Fabulae Faciles 88)

**50** Sub vesperum Polyphēmus ad spēluncam rediit, et eōdem modō quō anteā cēnāvit.  
Towards evening Polyphemus returned to the cave, and dined in the same way as before.

**51** Tum Ulixēs ūtrem vīnī prōmpsit, quem forte (id quod eī erat salūtī) sēcum attulerat; et postquam māgnum pōculum vīnō complēvit, mōnstrum ad bibendum prōvocāvit.  
Then Ulysses brought out a skin of wine, which by chance (a thing which was his salvation) he had brought with him; and after he had filled a great cup with the wine, he challenged the monster to drink.

**52** Polyphēmus, quī numquam anteā vīnum gustāverat, tōtum pōculum statim exhausit; quod cum fēcisset, tantam voluptātem percēpit ut iterum et tertium pōculum replērī iusserit.  
Polyphemus, who had never tasted wine before, at once drained the whole cup; and when he had done this, he felt such pleasure that he ordered the cup to be filled a second and a third time.

**53** Tum, cum quaesīvisset quō nōmine Ulixēs appellārētur, ille respondit sē Nēminem appellarī; quod cum audīvisset, Polyphēmus ita locūtus est: "Hanc, tibi grātiam prō tantō beneficiō referam; tē postrēmum omnium dēvorābō." Hōc cum dīxisset, cibō vīnōque gravis recubuit et brevī tempore somnō oppressus est.  
Then, when he had asked by what name Ulysses was called, he answered that he was called Nobody; and when he had heard this, Polyphemus spoke thus: "This is the thanks I will give you for so great a kindness; I will devour you last of all." When he had said this, heavy with food and wine he lay back and was in a short time overcome by sleep.

**54** Tum Ulixēs sociīs convocātīs, "Habēmus," inquit, "quam petiimus facultātem; nē igitur tantam occāsiōnem reī gerendae omittāmus."  
Then Ulysses called his companions together and said, "We have the chance we were looking for; let us not then let slip so great an opportunity of doing something."

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| prōmpsit | take, from promo |

## The Blinding of Polyphemus (Fabulae Faciles 89)

**55** Hāc ōrātiōne habitā, postquam extrēmum pālum īgnī calefēcit, oculum Polyphēmī dormientis ferventī līgnō perfōdit; quō factō omnēs in dīversās spēluncae partīs sē abdidērunt.  
When he had made this speech, after he had heated the end of the stake in the fire, he bored through the eye of the sleeping Polyphemus with the burning wood; and when this had been done they all hid themselves in different parts of the cave.

**56** At ille subitō illō dolōre oculī ē somnō excitātus clāmōrem terribilem sustulit, et dum per spēluncam errat, Ulixem manū prehendere cōnābātur; cum tamen iam omnīnō caecus esset, nūllō modō hōc efficere potuit.  
But he, roused suddenly from sleep by that pain in his eye, raised a terrible shout, and while he was wandering through the cave, kept trying to catch Ulysses with his hand; since, however, he was now completely blind, he could in no way accomplish this.

**57** Intereā reliquī Cyclōpēs clāmōre audītō undique ad spēluncam convēnērunt, et ad introitum adstantēs quid Polyphēmus ageret quaesīvērunt, et quam ob causam tantum clāmōrem sustulisset.  
Meanwhile the other Cyclopes, having heard the shouting, gathered at the cave from every side, and standing at the entrance asked what Polyphemus was doing, and for what reason he had raised so great a shout.

**58** Ille respondit sē graviter vulnerātum esse et māgnō dolōre adficī.  
He answered that he had been seriously wounded and was suffering great pain.

**59** Cum tamen posteā quaesīvissent quis eī vim intulisset, respondit ille Nēminem id fēcisse; quibus rēbus audītīs ūnus ē Cyclōpibus: "At sī nēmō," inquit, "tē vulnerāvit, haud dubium est quīn cōnsiliō deōrum, quibus resistere nec possumus nec volumus, hōc suppliciō adficiāris." Hōc cum dīxisset, abiērunt Cyclōpēs eum in īnsāniam incidisse arbitrātī.  
When, however, they had afterwards asked who had done him violence, he answered that Nobody had done it; and when they heard this, one of the Cyclopes said: "But if nobody has wounded you, there is no doubt that you are suffering this punishment by the plan of the gods, whom we can neither resist nor wish to." When he had said this the Cyclopes went away, judging that he had fallen into madness.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| calefēcit | make warm, from calefacio |
| perfōdit | bore, from perfodio |
| caecus | blind |
| īnsāniam | insanity, madness, from insania |

## The Escape (Fabulae Faciles 90)

**60** Polyphēmus ubi sociōs suōs abiisse sēnsit, furōre atque āmentiā impulsus Ulixem iterum quaerere coepit; tandem cum portam invēnisset, saxum quō obstrūcta erat āmōvit, ut pecus in agrōs exīret.  
When Polyphemus perceived that his companions had gone away, driven by madness and frenzy he began to look for Ulysses again; at last, when he had found the doorway, he moved away the rock by which it had been blocked, so that the flock might go out into the fields.

**61** Tum ipse in introitū cōnsēdit, et ut quaeque ovis ad hunc locum vēnerat, ēius tergum manibus trāctābat, nē virī inter ovīs exīre possent.  
Then he himself sat down in the entrance, and as each sheep came to this place, he handled its back with his hands, so that the men could not go out among the sheep.

**62** Quod cum animadvertisset Ulixēs, intellēxit omnem spem salūtis in dolō magis quam in virtūte pōnī.  
When Ulysses had noticed this, he understood that all hope of safety lay in trickery rather than in courage.

**63** Itaque hōc cōnsilium iniit.  
And so he formed this plan.

**64** Prīmum trīs quās vidit pinguissimās ex ovibus dēlēgit, quās cum inter sē viminibus coniūnxisset, ūnum ex sociīs suīs ventribus eārum ita subiēcit ut omnīnō latēret; deinde ovīs hominem sēcum ferentīs ad portam ēgit.  
First he chose the three fattest of the sheep he saw, and when he had tied them together with withies, he put one of his companions under their bellies in such a way that he was completely hidden; then he drove the sheep, carrying the man with them, to the doorway.

**65** Id accidit quod fore suspicātus erat.  
It happened as he had suspected it would.

**66** Polyphēmus enim postquam terga ovium manibus trāctāvit, eās praeterīre passus est.  
For Polyphemus, after he had handled the backs of the sheep with his hands, let them pass by.

**67** Ulixēs ubi rem tam fēlīciter ēvēnisse vīdit, omnīs sociōs suōs ex ōrdine eōdem modō ēmīsit; quō factō ipse novissimus ēvāsit.  
When Ulysses saw that the thing had turned out so happily, he sent out all his companions in turn in the same way; and when this had been done he himself got out last.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| viminibus | twig, shoot, from vimen |
| subiēcit | throw under, place under, from subicio |

## Out of Danger (Fabulae Faciles 91)

**68** Iīs rēbus ita cōnfectīs, Ulixēs veritus nē Polyphēmus fraudem sentīret, cum sociīs quam celerrimē ad lītus contendit; quō cum vēnissent, ab iīs quī nāvī praesidiō relictī erant māgnā cum laetitiā exceptī sunt.  
When this had been carried out in this way, Ulysses, fearing that Polyphemus might notice the trick, hurried with his companions to the shore as quickly as possible; and when they had come there, they were received with great joy by those who had been left as a guard for the ship.

**69** Hī enim cum ānxiīs animīs iam trīs diēs continuōs reditum eōrum exspectāvissent, eōs in aliquod perīculum māgnum incidisse (id quidem quod erat) suspicātī, ipsī auxiliandī causā ēgredī parābant.  
For these, having now waited three days together with anxious minds for their return, suspecting that they had fallen into some great danger (which indeed was the case), were preparing to go out themselves for the sake of helping them.

**70** Tum Ulixēs nōn satis tūtum arbitrātus in eō locō manēre, quam celerrimē profisīscī cōnstituit.  
Then Ulysses, judging it not safe enough to stay in that place, decided to set out as quickly as possible.

**71** Iussit igitur omnīs nāvem cōnscendere, et ancorīs sublātīs paulum ā lītore in altum prōvectus est.  
He ordered them all therefore to board the ship, and having weighed anchor he moved out a little from the shore into the deep.

**72** Tum māgnā vōce exclāmāvit: "Tū, Polyphēme, quī iūra hospitī spernis, iūstam et dēbitam poenam immānitātis tuae solvistī." Hāc vōce audītā Polyphēmus īrā vehementer commōtus ad mare sē contulit, et ubi nāvem paulum ā lītore remōtam esse intellēxit, saxum ingēns manū correptum in eam partem coniēcit unde vōcem venīre sēnsit.  
Then he shouted in a great voice: "You, Polyphemus, who scorn the laws of hospitality, have paid the just and deserved penalty of your savagery." When he heard this voice, Polyphemus, violently moved by anger, betook himself to the sea, and when he understood that the ship had moved a little way from the shore, he snatched up a huge rock in his hand and hurled it in that direction from which he perceived the voice was coming.

**73** Graecī autem, etsī nōn multum āfuit quīn submergerentur, nūllō damnō acceptō cursum tenuērunt.  
The Greeks, however, although they came within little of being sunk, held their course with no loss taken.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| auxiliandī | help, from auxilio |
| profisīscī | speak out |
| submergerentur | plunge under, submerge, from submergo |

## The Country of the Winds (Fabulae Faciles 92)

**74** Pauca mīlia passuum ab eō locō prōgressus Ulixēs ad īnsulam Aeoliam nāvem appulit.  
Having gone forward a few miles from that place, Ulysses put in with his ship at the island of Aeolia.

**75** Haec patria erat ventōrum,  
This was the native land of the winds,

**76** "Hīc vāstō rēx Aeolus antrō luctantīs ventōs tempestātēsque sonōrās imperiō premit ac vinclīs et carcere frēnat."  
"Here in a vast cave King Aeolus holds down with his rule the struggling winds and the roaring storms, and curbs them with chains and a prison."

**77** Ibi rēx ipse Graecōs hospitiō excēpit, atque iīs persuāsit ut ad recuperandās vīrīs paucōs diēs in eā regiōne commorārentur.  
There the king himself received the Greeks in hospitality, and persuaded them to wait a few days in that region to recover their strength.

**78** Septimō diē cum sociī ē labōribus sē recēpissent, Ulixēs, nē annī tempore ā nāvigātiōne exclūderētur, sibi sine morā proficīscendum statuit.  
On the seventh day, when his companions had recovered from their labors, Ulysses, so as not to be shut out from sailing by the time of year, decided that he must set out without delay.

**79** Tum Aeolus, quī sciēbat Ulixem cupidissimum esse patriae videndae, eī iam profectūrō māgnum saccum ē coriō cōnfectum dedit, in quō ventōs omnīs praeter ūnum inclūserat.  
Then Aeolus, who knew that Ulysses was most eager to see his native land, gave him, as he was now about to set out, a great sack made of leather, in which he had shut up all the winds except one.

**80** Zephyrum tantum solverat, quod ille ventus ab īnsulā Aeoliā ad Ithacam nāvigantī est secundus.  
He had let loose only the West Wind, because that wind is favorable for one sailing from the island of Aeolia to Ithaca.

**81** Ulixēs hōc dōnum libenter accēpit, et grātiīs prō tantō beneficiō āctīs saccum ad mālum adligāvit.  
Ulysses gladly accepted this gift, and having given thanks for so great a kindness he tied the sack to the mast.

**82** Tum omnibus rēbus ad profectiōnem parātīs merīdiānō ferē tempore ē portū solvit.  
Then, everything being made ready for departure, he cast off from the harbor at about midday.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| antrō | cave, from antrum |
| luctantīs | wrestle, from luctor |
| frēnat | brake, curb, from freno |
| recuperandās | regain, restore |
| vīrīs | venom, poisonous secretion of snakes, from virus |
| commorārentur | stop, abide |
| nāvigātiōne | sailing, from navigatio |
| exclūderētur | shut out, shut off, from excludo |
| saccum | sack, bag, from saccus |
| coriō | skin, from corion |

## The Wind-bag (Fabulae Faciles 93)

**83** Novem diēs secundissimō ventō cursum tenuērunt, iamque in cōnspectum patriae suae vēnerant, cum Ulixēs lassitūdine cōnfectus (ipse enim gubernābat) ad quiētem capiendam recubuit.  
For nine days they held their course with a most favorable wind, and they had already come into sight of their native land, when Ulysses, worn out with weariness (for he himself was steering), lay back to take rest.

**84** At sociī, quī iam dūdum mīrābantur quid in illō saccō inclūsum esset, cum ducem somnō oppressum vidērent, tantam occāsiōnem nōn omittendam arbitrātī sunt; crēdēbant enim aurum et argentum ibi esse cēlāta.  
But his companions, who had long been wondering what was shut up in that sack, when they saw their leader overcome by sleep, judged that so great a chance should not be let slip; for they believed that gold and silver were hidden there.

**85** Itaque spē lucrī adductī saccum sine morā solvērunt, quō factō ventī  
And so, led on by the hope of gain, they untied the sack without delay, and when this had been done the winds

**86** "velut āgmine factō quā data porta ruunt, et terrās turbine perflant."  
"rush out, as if a column had been formed, by the gate that is given them, and blow across the lands in a whirlwind."

**87** Hīc tanta tempestās subitō coorta est ut illī cursum tenēre nōn possent sed in eandem partem unde erant profectī referrentur.  
At this so great a storm suddenly arose that they could not hold their course but were carried back to the same quarter from which they had set out.

**88** Ulixēs ē somnō excitātus quō in locō rēs esset statim intellēxit; saccum solūtum, Ithacam post tergum relictam vīdit.  
Ulysses, roused from sleep, understood at once in what position the matter stood; he saw the sack untied and Ithaca left behind his back.

**89** Tum vērō īrā vehementer exārsit sociōsque obiūrgābat quod cupiditāte pecūniae adductī spem patriae videndae prōiēcissent.  
Then indeed he blazed up violently with anger and kept scolding his companions because, led on by greed for money, they had thrown away the hope of seeing their native land.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| lucrī | gain, profit, from lucrum |
| perflant | blow through or over, from perflo |
| solūtum | bottom, ground |

## A Drawing of Lots (Fabulae Faciles 94)

**90** Brevī spatiō intermissō Graecī īnsulae cuidam appropinquāvērunt in quā Circē, fīlia Sōlis, habitābat.  
After a short interval the Greeks drew near a certain island on which Circe, the daughter of the Sun, lived.

**91** Quō cum nāvem appulisset, Ulixēs in terram frūmentandī causā ēgrediendum esse statuit; nam cōgnōverat frūmentum quod in nāvī habērent iam dēficere.  
When he had put in with his ship there, Ulysses decided that he must go ashore for the sake of getting grain; for he had learned that the grain which they had in the ship was already running short.

**92** Sociīs igitur ad sē convocātīs quō in locō rēs esset et quid fierī vellet ostendit.  
Having called his companions together to him, therefore, he showed them in what position the matter stood and what he wanted done.

**93** Cum tamen omnēs memoriā tenērent quam crūdēlī morte necātī essent iī quī nūper ē nāvī ēgressī essent, nēmō repertus est quī hōc negōtium suscipere vellet.  
Since, however, they all kept in memory by how cruel a death those had been killed who had lately gone out of the ship, no one was found who was willing to take on this task.

**94** Quae cum ita essent, rēs ad contrōversiam dēducta est.  
Since this was so, the matter was brought to a dispute.

**95** Tandem Ulixēs cōnsēnsū omnium sociōs in duās partīs dīvīsit, quārum alterī Eurylochus, vir summae virtūtis, alterī ipse praeesse.  
At last Ulysses, with everyone's agreement, divided his companions into two parts, over one of which Eurylochus, a man of the greatest courage, and over the other he himself was to be in charge.

**96** Tum hī inter sē sortītī sunt uter in terram ēgrederētur.  
Then these drew lots between themselves as to which of the two should go ashore.

**97** Hōc factō, Eurylochō sorte ēvēnit ut cum duōbus et vīgintī sociīs rem susciperet.  
When this had been done, it fell to Eurylochus by lot to take on the task with twenty-two companions.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| frūmentandī | get grain, forage, from frumentor |
| repertus | discovery |

## The House of the Enchantress (Fabulae Faciles 95)

**98** Hīs rēbus ita cōnstitūtis iī quī sortītī erant in interiōrem partem īnsulae profectī sunt.  
When this had been settled in this way, those to whom it had fallen by lot set out for the inner part of the island.

**99** Tantus tamen timor animōs eōrum occupāverat ut nihil dubitārent quīn mortī obviam īrent.  
So great a fear, however, had taken hold of their minds that they did not doubt at all that they were going to meet their death.

**100** Vix quidem poterant iī quī in nāvī relictī erant lacrimās tenēre; crēdēbant enim sē sociōs suōs numquam post hōc tempus vīsūrōs.  
Indeed those who had been left in the ship could scarcely hold back their tears; for they believed that they would never see their companions after this time.

**101** Illī autem aliquantum itineris prōgressī ad vīllam quandam pervēnērunt summā māgnificentiā aedificātam, cūius ad ōstium cum adiissent, cantum dulcissimum audīvērunt.  
They, however, having gone forward some distance, reached a certain house built with the greatest magnificence, and when they had come up to its door, they heard a most sweet singing.

**102** Tanta autem fuit ēius vōcis dulcēdō ut nūllō modō retinērī possent quīn iānuam pulsārent.  
So great, moreover, was the sweetness of that voice that they could in no way be held back from knocking at the door.

**103** Hōc factō ipsa Circē forās exiit, et summā cum benīgnitāte omnīs in hospitium invītāvit.  
When this had been done Circe herself came out, and with the greatest kindness invited them all in as guests.

**104** Eurylochus īnsidiās sibi comparārī suspicātus forīs exspectāre cōnstituit, sed reliquī reī novitāte adductī intrāvērunt.  
Eurylochus, suspecting that a trap was being prepared for him, decided to wait outside, but the rest, drawn on by the newness of the thing, went in.

**105** Cēnam māgnificam omnibus rēbus īnstrūctam invēnērunt et iūssū dominae libentissimē accubuērunt.  
They found a magnificent dinner furnished with everything, and at the mistress's bidding reclined at table most gladly.

**106** At Circē vīnum quod servī apposuērunt medicāmentō quōdam miscuerat; quod cum Graecī bibissent, gravī somnō subitō oppressī sunt.  
But Circe had mixed a certain drug with the wine which the slaves set before them; and when the Greeks had drunk it, they were suddenly overcome with a heavy sleep.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| aliquantum | certain quantity, from aliquantus |
| dulcēdō | sweetness, agreeableness |
| retinērī | retina |
| forās | out of doors, abroad |
| benīgnitāte | kindness, courtesy, from benignitas |
| medicāmentō | drug, remedy, from medicamentum |

## The Charm (Fabulae Faciles 96)

**107** Tum Circē, quae artis magicae summam scientiam habēbat, baculō aureō quod gerēbat capita eōrum tetigit; quō factō omnēs in porcōs subitō conversī sunt.  
Then Circe, who had the greatest knowledge of the magic art, touched their heads with a golden wand which she carried; and when this had been done they were all suddenly turned into pigs.

**108** Intereā Eurylochus īgnārus quid in aedibus agerētur ad ōstium sedēbat; postquam tamen ad sōlis occāsum ānxiō animō et sollicitō exspectāvit, sōlus ad nāvem regredī cōnstituit.  
Meanwhile Eurylochus, not knowing what was going on in the house, sat at the door; after he had waited, however, until sunset with an anxious and troubled mind, he decided to go back alone to the ship.

**109** Eō cum vēnisset, sollicitūdine ac timōre tam perturbātus fuit ut quae vīdisset vix dīlūcidē nārrāre posset.  
When he had come there, he was so shaken by anxiety and fear that he could scarcely tell clearly what he had seen.

**110** Ulixēs autem satis intellēxit sociōs suōs in perīculō versārī, et gladiō correptō Eurylochō imperāvit ut sine morā viam ad istam domum dēmōnstrāret.  
Ulysses, however, understood well enough that his companions were in danger, and having snatched up his sword he ordered Eurylochus to show him the way to that house without delay.

**111** Ille tamen multīs cum lacrimīs Ulixem complexus obsecrāre coepit nē in tantum perīculum sē committeret; sī quid gravius eī accidisset, omnium salūtem in summō discrīmine futūram.  
He, however, with many tears embraced Ulysses and began to beg him not to put himself into so great a danger; if anything more serious happened to him, the safety of them all would be in the greatest crisis.

**112** Ulixēs autem respondit sē nēminem invītum sēcum adductūrum; eī licēre, sī māllet, in nāvī manēre; sē ipsum sine ūllō praesidiō rem susceptūrum.  
Ulysses, however, answered that he would bring no one with him against his will; that he was free, if he preferred, to stay in the ship; that he himself would take on the matter without any escort.

**113** Hōc cum māgnā vōce dīxisset, ē nāvī dēsiluit et nūllō sequente sōlus in viam sē dedit.  
When he had said this in a great voice, he leapt down from the ship and, with no one following, took to the road alone.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| porcōs | sow, female swine, from porcus |
| sollicitūdine | anxiety, concern, from sollicitudo |
| dīlūcidē | plainly, clearly |

## The Countercharm (Fabulae Faciles 97)

**114** Aliquantum itineris prōgressus ad vīllam māgnificam pervēnit, quam cum oculīs perlūstrāsset, statim intrāre statuit; intellēxit enim hanc esse eandem domum dē quā Eurylochus mentiōnem fēcisset.  
Having gone forward some distance he reached a magnificent house, and when he had searched it with his eyes, he decided to go in at once; for he understood that this was the same house of which Eurylochus had made mention.

**115** At cum in eō esset ut līmen intrāret, subitō eī obviam stetit adulēscēns fōrmā pulcherrimā aureum baculum gerēns.  
But when he was on the point of crossing the threshold, suddenly a young man of most beautiful form, carrying a golden wand, stood in his way.

**116** Hīc Ulixem iam domum intrantem manū corripuit et, "Quō ruis?" inquit.  
He seized by the hand Ulysses, who was now entering the house, and said, "Where are you rushing?

**117** "Nōnne scīs hanc esse Circēs domum?  
Do you not know that this is the house of Circe?

**118** Hīc inclūsī sunt amīcī tuī ex hūmānā speciē in porcōs conversī.  
Here your friends are shut up, turned from human shape into pigs.

**119** Num vīs ipse in eandem calamitātem venīre?" Ulixēs simul ac vōcem audīvit, deum Mercurium āgnōvit; nūllīs tamen precibus ab īnstitūtō cōnsiliō dēterrērī potuit.  
Surely you do not want to come into the same disaster yourself?" As soon as Ulysses heard the voice, he recognized the god Mercury; yet by no entreaties could he be turned away from the plan he had set himself.

**120** Quod cum Mercurius sēnsisset, herbam quandam eī dedit, quam contrā carmina multum valēre dīcēbat.  
When Mercury had perceived this, he gave him a certain herb, which he said availed much against spells.

**121** "Hanc cape," inquit, "et ubi Circē tē baculō tetigerit, tū strictō gladiō impetum in eam vidē ut faciās." Mercurius postquam fīnem loquendī fēcit,  
"Take this," he said, "and when Circe has touched you with her wand, see that you draw your sword and make an attack on her." After Mercury had made an end of speaking,

**122** "mortālīs vīsūs mediō sermōne relīquit, et procul in tenuem ex oculīs ēvānuit auram."  
"he left mortal sight in the middle of his speech, and far off vanished from the eyes into thin air."

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| dēterrērī | deter, from deterreo |
| vīsūs | strength, force |

## The Enchantress is Foiled (Fabulae Faciles 98)

**123** Brevī intermissō spatiō Ulixēs ad omnia perīcula subeunda parātus iānuam pulsāvit, et foribus patefactīs ab ipsā Circē benīgnē exceptus est.  
After a short interval Ulysses, ready to undergo every danger, knocked at the door, and when the doors had been opened he was received kindly by Circe herself.

**124** Omnia eōdem modō atque anteā facta sunt.  
Everything was done in the same way as before.

**125** Cēnam māgnificē īnstrūctam vīdit et accumbere iūssus est.  
He saw a dinner magnificently furnished and was told to take his place at table.

**126** Mox, ubi famēs cibō dēpulsa est, Circē pōculum aureum vīnō replētum Ulixī dedit.  
Soon, when his hunger had been driven off by the food, Circe gave Ulysses a golden cup filled with wine.

**127** Ille etsī suspicātus est venēnum sibi parātum esse, pōculum exhausit; quō factō Circē postquam caput ēius baculō tetigit, ea verba locūta est quibus sociōs ēius anteā in porcōs converterat.  
Although he suspected that poison had been prepared for him, he drained the cup; and when this had been done Circe, after she had touched his head with her wand, spoke those words with which she had before turned his companions into pigs.

**128** Rēs tamen omnīnō aliter ēvēnit atque illa spērāverat.  
The thing, however, turned out altogether otherwise than she had hoped.

**129** Tanta enim vīs erat ēius herbae quam Ulixī Mercurius dederat ut neque venēnum neque verba quicquam efficere possent.  
For so great was the power of that herb which Mercury had given Ulysses that neither the poison nor the words could accomplish anything.

**130** Ulixēs autem, ut eī praeceptum erat, gladiō strictō impetum in eam fēcit et mortem minitābātur.  
Ulysses, moreover, as he had been instructed, drew his sword and made an attack on her and kept threatening her with death.

**131** Circē cum artem suam nihil valēre sēnsisset, multīs cum lacrimīs eum obsecrāre coepit nē sibi vītam adimeret.  
When Circe perceived that her art availed nothing, with many tears she began to beg him not to take her life.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| minitābātur | threaten, use threats, from minito |

## Men once More (Fabulae Faciles 99)

**132** Ulixēs autem ubi sēnsit eam timōre perterritam esse, postulāvit ut sociōs suōs sine morā in hūmānam speciem redūceret (certior enim factus erat ā deō Mercuriō eōs in porcōs conversōs esse); nisi id factum esset, sē dēbitās poenās sūmptūrum ostendit.  
But when Ulysses perceived that she was thoroughly terrified, he demanded that she bring his companions back into human shape without delay (for he had been informed by the god Mercury that they had been turned into pigs); and he made clear that unless this was done, he would exact the penalty owed.

**133** Circē hīs rēbus graviter commōta eī ad pedēs sē prōiēcit, et multīs cum lacrimīs iūre iūrandō cōnfīrmāvit sē quae ille imperāsset omnia factūram.  
Circe, seriously moved by this, threw herself at his feet, and with many tears swore an oath that she would do everything he had commanded.

**134** Tum porcōs in ātrium immittī iussit.  
Then she ordered the pigs to be let into the hall.

**135** Illī datō sīgnō inruērunt, et cum ducem suum āgnōvissent, māgnō dolōre adfectī sunt quod nūllō modō eum dē rēbus suīs certiōrem facere poterant.  
At the signal given they rushed in, and when they had recognized their leader, they were filled with great grief because they could in no way inform him of their own case.

**136** Circē tamen unguentō quōdam corpora eōrum ūnxit; quō factō sunt omnēs statim in hūmānam speciem reductī.  
Circe, however, anointed their bodies with a certain ointment; and when this had been done they were all at once brought back into human shape.

**137** Māgnō cum gaudiō Ulixēs suōs amīcōs āgnōvit, et nūntium ad lītus mīsit, quī reliquīs Graecīs sociōs receptōs esse dīceret.  
With great joy Ulysses recognized his friends, and sent a messenger to the shore, to tell the rest of the Greeks that their companions had been recovered.

**138** Illī autem hīs rēbus cōgnitīs statim ad domum Circaeam sē contulērunt; quō cum vēnissent, ūniversī laetitiae sē dēdidērunt.  
They, when they learned this, betook themselves at once to the house of Circe; and when they had come there, they all gave themselves up to rejoicing.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| factūram | creation, from factura |
| Circaeam | of Circe |

## Afloat Again (Fabulae Faciles 100)

**139** Postrīdiē ēius diēī Ulixēs ex hāc īnsulā quam celerrimē discēdere in animō habēbat.  
On the day after that Ulysses had it in mind to leave this island as quickly as possible.

**140** Circē tamen cum haec cōgnōvisset, ex odiō ad amōrem conversa omnibus precibus eum ōrāre et obtestārī coepit ut paucōs diēs apud sē morārētur; quā rē tandem impetrātā tanta beneficia in eum contulit ut facile eī persuāsum sit ut diūtius manēret.  
Circe, however, when she had learned this, turned from hatred to love and began with every entreaty to beg and implore him to stay with her a few days; and when she had at last obtained this, she heaped such kindnesses on him that he was easily persuaded to stay longer.

**141** Postquam tamen tōtum annum apud Circēn cōnsūmpserat, Ulixēs māgnō dēsīderiō patriae suae mōtus est.  
After he had spent a whole year with Circe, however, Ulysses was moved by a great longing for his native land.

**142** Sociīs igitur ad sē convocātīs quid in animō habēret ostendit.  
Having called his companions together to him, therefore, he showed them what he had in mind.

**143** Ubi tamen ad lītus dēscendit, nāvem suam tempestātibus tam adflīctam invēnit ut ad nāvigandum paene inūtilis esset.  
When he went down to the shore, however, he found his ship so battered by the storms that it was almost useless for sailing.

**144** Hāc rē cōgnitā omnia quae ad nāvīs reficiendās ūsuī essent comparārī iussit, quā in rē tantam dīligentiam omnēs adhibēbant ut ante tertium diem opus perfēcerint.  
When he had learned this he ordered everything that would be of use for repairing the ships to be got together, and in this matter they all used such diligence that they finished the work before the third day.

**145** At Circē ubi omnia ad profectiōnem parāta esse vīdit, rem aegrē ferēbat et Ulixem vehementer obsecrābat ut eō cōnsiliō dēsisteret.  
But when Circe saw that everything was ready for departure, she took the thing hard and begged Ulysses strongly to give up that plan.

**146** Ille tamen, nē annī tempore a nāvigātiōne exclūderētur, mātūrandum sibi exīstimāvit, et tempestātem idōneam nactus nāvem solvit.  
He, however, so as not to be shut out from sailing by the time of year, judged that he must hurry, and having got suitable weather he cast off.

**147** Multa quidem perīcula Ulixī subeunda erant antequam in patriam suam pervenīret, quae tamen hōc locō longum est perscrībere.  
Many dangers indeed had to be undergone by Ulysses before he reached his own country, which, however, it would take long to write out in this place.

| word | gloss |
|---|---|
| odiō | hate, from odium |
| obtestārī | call to witness, from obtestor |
| dēsīderiō | desire, from desiderium |
| mōtus | movement, motion |