Amūliō, ubi in rēgiā sedēbat, cīvēs hanc rem nūntiāvērunt. Tum vērō rēx īrā et timōre vehementer commōtus est. Itaque servīs perterritīs, "Hanc fēminam," inquit, "ad Tiberis rīpās dūcite et in undās iacite; perfida mulier perfidiae poenās dabit. Geminōs quoque ad flūminis rīpās apportāte, sed puerōs nōn ego necābō. Puerōs in rīpā relinquite; lupīs fortasse cibum praebēbunt."
Servī igitur Rhēam
Silviam ad flūmen dūxērunt et in undās iēcērunt. Sed Tiberīnus pater
misericordiā et amōre commōtus est. "Mea uxor," inquit, "haec
puella erit; semper inter undās meās tūta et laeta mēcum habitābit."
Itaque Rhēa Silvia nōn necāta sed cōnservāta est.
Post multōs annōs
ubi flūminis undae per agrōs effundēbantur, et frūmentum vīneāsque
prōsternēbant, tum Rōmānī, "Ecce!" inquiunt, "etiam nunc īrātus
est Tiberīnus pater, quod nōs tam crūdēliter Rhēam Silviam, flūminis uxōrem, ex
urbe expulimus."
commoveō, -ēre
[2]: move
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To Amulius, when
he was sitting in the palace, the citizens announced this matter. Then indeed
the king was moved very greatly by anger and fear. Therefore to his terrified
slaves he said, "Lead this woman to the banks of the Tiber and throw her
into the waves; the treacherous woman shall pay the penalties for her
treachery. Bring the twins also to the banks of the river, but I shall not kill
the boys. Leave the boys on the bank; perhaps they will provide food for the
wolves."
Therefore the
slaves led Rhea Silvia to the river and threw her into the waves. But Father
Tiberinus was moved by pity and love. "This girl shall be my wife,"
he said; "she will always live with me, safe and happy, among my
waters." And so Rhea Silvia was not killed but saved.
After many years, when the waters of the river were pouring themselves over the fields and were laying low the cornfields and the vineyards, then the Romans said, "Look! Even now Father Tiberinus is angry, because we drove Rhea Silvia, the wife of the river, out of the city so cruelly."