01.11.26: Level 1-2 (review): Julia (a Latin Reader) [4] (1)

CERĒS ET PERSEPHONĒ

Nunc ūnum Deum adōrant et Italī et Britannī. Sed ōlim Rōmānī multōs deōs, multās deās, adōrābant. Dē deīs Rōmānīs fābulās nārrābō.

Cērēs erat dea frūmentī; in agrīs frūmentum, in prātīs herbam cūrābat. Flāvum est frūmentum; flāvī erant Deae capillī. Caerulea erat Deae palla. Persephonē erat fīlia Deae. Cerēs fīliam cāram vehementer amābat. In īnsulā Siciliā Cerēs cum fīliā habitābat.

Ōlim Persephonē in prātīs errābat. Cum puellā aliae puellae errābant, nam locus herbōsus fuit grātus puellīs laetīs. In prātō herbōsō puellae saltābant et cantābant. Multae rosae, multa līlia, in prātīs erant. Līlia alba puellās dēlectābant.

Sed Plūtō, patruus puellae, Deae fīliam procul spectāvit et statim puellam vehementer amāvit. Subitō equōs caeruleōs incitāvit et per prāta properāvit, et puellam perterritam raptāvit.

Tum Persephonē, “Ō Cerēs,” exclāmat, “ubi es? Patruus meus fīliam tuam ad Īnferōs portat.”

[1]

Cērēs, Cereris [3/f]: Ceres

Persephonē, -ēs [1/f]: Persephone

Plūtō, -ōnis [3/m]: Pluto

īnsula, -ae [1/f]: island

līlium, -ī [2/n]: lily

locus, -ī [2/m]: place

patruus, -ī [2/m]: uncle

prātum, -ī [2/n]: meadow

[2]

flāvus, -a, -um: yellow

herbōsus, -a, -um: grassy

laetus, -a, -um: happy

cārus, -a, -um: dear

[3]

adōrō, adōrāre [1]: worship

cūrō, cūrāre [1]: care for

dēlectō, dēlectāre [1]: delight

errō, errāre [1]: wander

incitō, incitāre [1]: spur on

[4]

statim: immediately

vehementer: strongly

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Now both Italians and Britons worship one god. But once the Romans worshipped many gods and goddesses. I will tell stories about the Roman gods.

Ceres was the goddess of grain; in the fields she cared for grain, in the meadows for grass. The grain is yellow; the goddess’s hair was yellow. Her cloak was blue. Persephone was the daughter of the goddess. Ceres loved her dear daughter deeply. Ceres lived with her daughter on the island of Sicily.

Once Persephone wandered in the meadows. Other girls wandered with her, for the grassy place was pleasing to the happy girls. In the grassy meadow the girls danced and sang. Many roses and many lilies were in the meadows. The white lilies delighted the girls.

But Pluto, the girl’s uncle, saw the daughter of the goddess from afar and immediately loved her deeply. Suddenly he drove his horses and rushed through the meadows, and he seized the terrified girl.

Then Persephone cried out, “O Ceres, where are you? My uncle is carrying your daughter to the Underworld.”