Hās postquam maestō prōfūdit pectore vōcēs
supplicium saevīs exposcēns ānxia factīs,
adnuit invictō caelestum nūmine rēctor,
quō mōtū tellūs atque horrida contremuērunt 205
aequora concussitque micantia sīdera mundus.
Ipse autem caecā mentem cālīgine Thēseus
cōnsitus oblītō dīmīsit pectore cūncta
quae mandāta prius cōnstantī mente tenēbat,
dulcia nec maestō sustollēns signa parentī 210
sospitem Erechthēum sē ostendit vīsere portum
namque ferunt ōlim, classī cum moenia dīvae
linquentem gnātum ventīs concrēderet Aegeus,
tālia complexum iuvenī mandāta dedisse.
vocabulary
profundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: pour forth
exposcō –ere –poposcī: ask for, demand, beg
ānxius –a –um: anxious
adnuō –ere –nuī (ūtus –rare): nod assent; consent
invictus –a –um: unvanquished
caelestis –is m. or f.: a god or goddess
rēctor –ōris m.: steersman, ruler
mōtus mōtūs m.: motion, movement 205
horridus –a –um: rough, rugged, wild, uncouth, harsh
contremō –ere –uī: tremble violently
concutiō –cutere –cussī –cussus: cause to vibrate; shake
micō micāre micuī: quiver, dart, flicker; flash, glitter, gleam
cālīgō –inis f.: darkness, murk
Thēseus –ī m.: son of Aegeus, seducer of Ariadne (later husband of her sister Phaedra), slayer of the Minotaur
cōnserō –ere –sēvī –situs (satus): sow, plant; beset
oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus sum: forget, w/ gen. or acc. of object forgotten
mandātum –ī n.: command
cōnstāns cōnstantis: steady, resolute, steadfast
sustollō –ere: raise 210
sōspes –itis: safe
Erectheus –eī m.: legendary king of Athens
vīsō vīsere vīsī vīsus: go to see; look at, gaze at, view
portus portūs m.: harbor, port
dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis
linquō linquere līquī: leave, quit
concrēdō –ere –didī –ditus: entrust
Aegeus –eī m.: king of Athens, father of Theseus
complector complectī complexus sum: embrace, surround