HECTOR ET ANDROMACHĒ
Inter Troiānōs quī
tot annōs urbem suam contrā Graecōs dēfendēbant, erat Hector, omnium rēgis
fīliōrum fortissimus, et Priamō patrī cārissimus. Hic ā cīvibus suīs maximē
amābātur et in summō honōre habēbātur.
Vehementer ā
Graecīs timēbātur, ubi ex urbīs portīs ad proelium ruēbat, aut ignibus īnfēstīs
hostium nāvēs vastābat. Cottīdiē Troiānī ad arma ab Hectore incitābantur;
cottīdiē cīvium animī ad fortia facta firmābantur. Saepe cum Hectore ā proeliō
victōrēs revertērunt.
Andromachē,
Hectoris uxor, cum virō fīliolōque in rēgiā habitābat. Nūlla ex omnibus
Troiānīs mulier magis virum suum amābat, aut virī amōre dignior erat. Ōlim
Hector, ad proelium ōrnātus, ē viā in rēgiam vēnit. Andromachē vultū laetō
virum salūtāvit et ancillam vocāvit, quae fīliolum in sinū tenēbat. Deinde
Hector bracchia ad puerum porrēxit. Sed puer, ubi cristam rubram vīdit, quae ex
patris galeā horrēbat, perterritus est, nec ad patrem venīre audēbat, sed
multīs lacrimīs in ancillae sinū haerēbat.
Tum vērō Hector,
vir maximus, fīliō rīsit, et galeam terribilem humī dēposuit, et bracchia
iterum ad fīlium porrēxit. Hic nōn iam perterritus est, sed rīsit, et patris
collō bracchia parvula dedit.
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ancilla, -ae
[1/f]: handmaid
Andromachē, -ae
[1/f]: Andromache, wife of Hector
audeō, -ēre, ausus
sum [2]: dare
dēpōnō, -ere,
dēposuī, dēpositus [3]: put down
dignus, -a, -um:
worthy; … aut virī amōre [+ ablative] dignior erat | … or was more
worthy of the love of a husband
fīliolus, -ī
[2/m]: little son
haereō, -ēre,
haesī, haesum [2]: stick, cling
Hector, -oris
[3/m]: Hector, the bravest of the Trojans
infestus, -a, -um:
hostile, dangerous
magis: more
Priamus, -ī [2/m]:
Priam, king of Troy
quī, quae, quod:
who, which
sinus, -ūs [4/m]:
the fold of a dress, the bosom
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Among the Trojans
who for so many years were defending their city against the Greeks was Hector,
the bravest of all the king’s sons, and dearest to his father Priam. He was
greatly loved by his fellow citizens and held in the highest honour.
He was greatly
feared by the Greeks whenever he rushed out from the city gates into battle, or
ravaged the enemy ships with destructive fires. Every day the Trojans were
urged to take up arms by Hector; every day the spirits of the citizens were
strengthened for brave deeds. Often they returned victorious from battle with
Hector.
Andromache,
Hector’s wife, lived in the palace with her husband and little son. Of all the
Trojan women, none loved her husband more, or was more worthy of her husband’s
love.
One day Hector,
armed for battle, came from the road into the palace. Andromache greeted her
husband with a joyful expression and called a maidservant, who was holding the
little boy in her bosom. Then Hector stretched out his arms towards the boy.
But when the boy
saw the red crest, which was sticking out from his father’s helmet, he was
terrified and did not dare to come to his father, but clung to the
maidservant’s bosom with many tears.
Then indeed Hector, a great man, smiled at his son, and put down the terrifying helmet on the ground, and stretched out his arms towards his son again. The boy was no longer frightened, but smiled, and put his little arms around his father’s neck.
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