ĪPHIGENĪA (1)
In Graeciā frātrēs
duo, Agamemnōn et Menelāus nōmine, ōlim habitābant. Graecī frātrēs Atrīdās
vocābant, quod Atreī fīliī erant, Agamemnōn omnium Argīvōrum rēx erat. Menelāus
Lacedaemoniōs regēbat. Helenē, uxor Menelāī, praeclāra et fōrmōsa rēgīna, cum
virō in rēgiā multōs annōs habitābat. Sed tandem Paris, Troiānōrum prīnceps, ad
hospitium Menelāī vēnit.
Perfidus et
ignāvus erat hospes, sed pictīs vestīmentīs, nitidīs capillīs fulgēbat. Diū in
rēgiā manēbat, et grātus rēgīnae animō erat hospes fōrmōsus. Tandem nocte
obscūrā Helenam fūrtim raptāvit et in nāvem imposuit. Vēla candida ventīs
secundīs dedit, et trāns mare ad urbem Trōiam properāvit.
Agamemnōn, -onis
[3/m]: Agamemnon, king of Argos
Argīvus, -ī [2/m]:
Argive, native of Argos
Atreus, -ī [2/m]:
Atreus, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus
Atrīdae, -ārum
[1/m pl]: sons of Atreus
Graecia, -ae
[1/f]: Greece
Helenē, -ēs [1/f]:
Helen of Troy, wife of Menelaus
Lacedaemonius, -ī
[2/m]: a Lacedaemonian, Spartan
Menelāus, -ī
[2/m]: Menelaus, king of Sparta
Paris, -idis
[3/m]: Paris, a prince of Troy
Trōia, -ae [1/f]:
Troy, a town at the entrance to the Dardanelles
Trōiānus, -ī
[2/m]: a Trojan
[i]
hospes, -itis [3 m/f]:
guest, host
hospitium, -ī
[2/n]: hospitality
nox, noctis [3/f]:
night
rēgia, -ae [1/f]:
palace
vestīmentum, -ī
[2/n]: dress, garment
[ii]
nitidus, -a, -um:
shining
obscūrus, -a, -um:
dark, dim
perfidus, -a, -um:
treacherous
pictus, -a, -um:
painted, embroidered
[iii]
veniō, -īre [4]:
come
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Once upon a time
in Greece there lived two brothers named Agamemnon and Menelaus. The Greeks
called the brothers the Atreidae because they were the sons of Atreus.
Agamemnon was king of all the Argives. Menelaus ruled the Lacedaemonians
(Spartans).
Helen, the wife of
Menelaus, a famous and beautiful queen, lived with her husband in the royal
palace for many years. But at last Paris, prince of the Trojans, came as a
guest to the house of Menelaus.
The guest was
treacherous and cowardly, but he shone in colourful clothing and with gleaming
hair. He stayed in the palace for a long time, and the handsome guest was
pleasing to the queen's heart. At last, on a dark night, he secretly abducted
Helen and placed her on a ship. He gave the white sails to favourable winds and
hastened across the sea to the city of Troy.
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