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WorksheetsEcho and Narcissus
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Worksheet time: 26mins
The talkative nymph caught sight of him chasing frightened deer into nets
aspicit hunc trepidos agitantem in retia cervosvocalis nymphe
corpus adhuc Echo, non vox, erat;
quae nec reticere loquentinec prius ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo.
perstat et alternae deceptus imagine vocis
quae nec reticere loquentinec prius ipsa loqui didicit, resonabilis Echo.
Echo was still a body, not yet a voice
she followed his footsteps secretly,and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.
she who has learned neither to keep quiet when someone is speaking,nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.
O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.
corpus adhuc Echo, non vox, erat;
and yet she used to have, though talkative,
Echo was still a body, not a voice
nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.
she followed his footsteps secretly,
et tamen usumgarrula non alium, quam nunc habet, oris habebat,
and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.
she who has learned neither to keep quiet when someone is speaking,
The talkative nymph caught sight of him chasing frightened deer into nets,
and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,
reddere de multis ut verba novissima posset.
namely that, she was able to give back/repeat from many [words], the last words [spoken].
Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love
and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,
nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.
ergo ubi Narcissum per devia rura vagantemvidit et incaluit
and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.
Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love
and yet she used to have, though talkative, no more use of her mouth than she has now,
Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,snatches at the flames [having been] brought near.
sequitur vestigia furtim,quoque magis sequitur, flamma propiore calescit,
Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,snatches at the flames [having been] brought near.
Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love
she followed his footsteps secretly,and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.
Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin,
non aliter quam cum summis circumlita taedis
and the more she followed, the more she burned with a closer flame.
But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.
Just as when lively sulphur, [having been] smeared around the tops of torches,
o quotiens voluit blandis accedere dictiset molles adhibere preces.
But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin.
O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.
Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love
natura repugnatnec sinit incipiat;
But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin.
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
He was astonished, and while he directed his gaze in all directions,
sed, quod sinit, illa parata estexspectare sonos, ad quos sua verba remittat.
But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
By chance, the boy, [having been] separated from his faithful group of companions,
He was astonished, and while he directed his gaze in all directions,
O how often she wanted to approach him with sweet words and to employ tender prayers.
forte puer comitum seductus ab agmine fido
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
By chance, the boy, [having been] separated from his faithful group of companions,
Her condition prevented her and did not allow her to begin
dixerat 'ecquis adest?' et 'adest!' responderat Echo.
'take your hands from this embrace! I would die before you have enjoyment of me.'
he shouted loudly: 'come!'; she called the one calling.
'let's get together here!' he said and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
hic stupet, utque aciem partes dimittit in omnes,
By chance, the boy, [having been] separated from his faithful group of companions,
He was astonished, and while he directed his gaze in all directions,
he shouted loudly: 'come!'; she called the one calling.
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
voce 'veni!' magna clamat; vocat illa vocantem.
he shouted loudly: 'come!'; she called the one calling.
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
'why do you run away from me?' and he received the same number of words that he said.
'let's get together here!' he said and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
respicit et rursus nullo veniente 'quid' inquit'me fugis?' et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit.
She was as good as her word and, having left the woods, went up to him [in order] to throw her arms around the neck she longed for.
He persevered, and [having been] deceived by the illusion of an answering voice, 'let's get together here!'
He looked around and since, again, no one was coming, said: 'why do you run away from me?' and he received the same number of words that he said.
He fled and as he was fleeing, he said: 'take your hands from this embrace! I would die before you have enjoyment/possession of me.'
perstat et alternae deceptus imagine vocis,'huc coeamus!' ait
He persevered, and [having been] deceived by the illusion of an answering voice, 'let's get together here!' he said
and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
'why do you run away from me?' and he received the same number of words that he said.
He looked around and since, again, no one was coming, said: 'why do you run away from me?'
nullique libentius umquamresponsura sono 'coeamus' rettulit Echo
had said: 'is anyone here?' and '[is] here!' Echo had replied.
Therefore when she [Echo] saw Narcissus roaming through remote countryside and fell in love
she who has learned neither to keep quiet when someone is speaking,nor herself to speak first, ever-answering Echo.
and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
et verbis favet ipsa suis egressaque silvaibat, ut iniceret sperato bracchia collo.
She was as good as her word and, having left the woods, went up to him [in order] to throw her arms around the neck she longed for.
He looked around and since, again, no one was coming, said: 'why do you run away from me?' and he received the same number of words that he said.
But, that which her condition allowed - she was ready to wait for sounds, to which she could send back her words.
Having been rejected, she hid in the woods and covered her embarrassed face with leaves and from that point on lived in lonely caves.
ille fugit fugiensque 'manus complexibus aufer;ante' ait 'emoriar, quam sit tibi copia nostri.'
and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
He fled and as he was fleeing, he said: 'take your hands from this embrace! I would die before you have enjoyment/possession of me.'
He persevered, and [having been] deceived by the illusion of an answering voice, 'let's get together here!' he said
Having been rejected, she hid in the woods and covered her embarrassed face with leaves and from that point on lived in lonely caves.
rettulit illa nihil nisi 'sit tibi copia nostri.'
She replied nothing except: 'may you have enjoyment of me.'
But nevertheless her love persisted and grew with the pain of rejection
I would die before you have enjoyment/possession of me.'
having left the woods, went up to him [in order] to throw her arms around the neck she longed for.
spreta latet silvis pudibundaque frondibus oraprotegit et solis ex illo vivit in antris;
And her wakeful cares wore out her wretched body, and emaciation shrivelled her skin, and all the moisture of her body disappeared into the air.
But nevertheless her love persisted and grew with the pain of rejection
Having been rejected, she hid in the woods and covered her embarrassed face with leaves and from that point on lived in lonely caves.
Only her voice and bones survived. Her voice remained: they say her bones took on the form of [a] stone.
sed tamen haeret amor crescitque dolore repulsae:
And her wakeful cares wore out her wretched body, and emaciation shrivelled her skin,
But nevertheless her love persisted and grew with the pain of rejection
and covered her embarrassed face with leaves and from that point on lived in lonely caves.
Her voice remained: they say her bones took on the form of [a] stone.
attenuant vigiles corpus miserabile curae,adducitque cutem macies, et in aera sucuscorporis omnis abit;
Having been rejected, she hid in the woods and covered her embarrassed face with leaves and from that point on lived in lonely caves.
But nevertheless her love persisted and grew with the pain of rejection
She is heard by everyone [or: she is heard on all (mountains)]: it is the sound which lives on in her.
And her wakeful cares wore out her wretched body, and emaciation shrivelled her skin, and all the moisture of her body disappeared into the air
vox tantum atque ossa supersunt: vox manet: ossa ferunt lapidis traxisse figuram.
Ever since, she hides in the woods and is seen on no mountain.
Only her voice and bones survived. Her voice remained: they say her bones took on the form of [a] stone.
And her wakeful cares wore out her wretched body, and emaciation shrivelled her skin, and all the moisture of her body disappeared into the air
She is heard by everyone [or: she is heard on all (mountains)]: it is the sound which lives on in her.
inde latet silvis nulloque in monte videtur.
Ever since, she hides in the woods and is seen on no mountain.
She is heard by everyone [or: she is heard on all (mountains)]: it is the sound which lives on in her.
Her voice remained: they say her bones took on the form of [a] stone.
Only her voice and bones survived.
omnibus auditur: sonus est, qui vivit in illa.
Only her voice and bones survived.
She is heard by everyone: she is the sound which lives on in her.
Ever since, she hides in the woods and is seen on no mountain.
And while he wished to quench his thirst, another thirst grew;
hic puer, et studio venandi lassus et aestu,procubuit faciemque loci fontemque secutus;
She is heard by everyone [or: she is heard on all (mountains)]: it is the sound which lives on in her.
he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
Here, the boy, worn out by both his enthusiasm for hunting and the heat, fell down, having been drawn to both the appearance of the place and the spring.
and while he drank, having been captivated by the image of beauty he had seen,
dumque sitim sedare cupit, sitis altera crevit
and while he drank, having been captivated by the image of beauty he had seen,
And while he wished to quench his thirst, another thirst grew;
he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
He himself was astonished at himself and lingered,
dumque bibit, visae correptus imagine formae, spem sine corpore amat, corpus putat esse, quod umbra est.
and while he drank, having been captivated by the image of beauty he had seen, he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
He himself was astonished at himself and lingered, motionless, with the same/an unchanging expression, as though he were a statue carved/formed from Parian marble.
and while he sought, he was being sought, and equally he enflamed/set on fire and was burning.
Here, the boy, worn out by both his enthusiasm for hunting and the heat, fell down, having been drawn to both the appearance of the place and the spring.
astupet ipse sibi vultuque immotus eodemhaeret, ut e Pario formatum marmore signum.
fell down, having been drawn to both the appearance of the place and the spring.
and while he drank, having been captivated by the image of beauty he had seen,
and his hair, worthy of Bacchus and worthy of Apollo too,
He himself was astonished at himself and lingered, motionless, with the same/an unchanging expression, as though he were a statue carved/formed from Parian marble.
spectat humi positus geminum, sua lumina, sidus et dignos Baccho, dignos et Apolline crines,
he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
and while he drank, having been captivated by the image of beauty he had seen,
Lying on the ground, he was watching twin stars, his eyes, and his hair, worthy of Bacchus and of Apollo,
with the same/an unchanging expression, as though he were a statue carved/formed from Parian marble.
impubesque genas et eburnea colla decusqueoris et in niveo mixtum candore ruborem,
with the same/an unchanging expression, as though he were a statue carved/formed from Parian marble.
and his unbearded cheeks, and his ivory neck, and the beauty of his face and his blush, mixed with a snowy radiance
He desired himself unknowingly, and he who approved was himself approved,
and while he sought, he was being sought, and equally he enflamed/set on fire and was burning
cunctaque miratur, quibus est mirabilis ipse.
and he admired everything for which he himself was admired.
Lying on the ground, he was watching twin stars, his eyes,
He himself was astonished at himself and lingered, motionless,
he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
se cupit imprudens et, qui probat, ipse probatur, dumque petit, petitur, pariterque accendit et ardet.
He did not know what he was looking at, but because of that at which he was looking he was on fire,
He himself was astonished at himself and lingered, motionless, with the same/an unchanging expression, as though he were a statue carved/formed from Parian marble.
How often he plunged/sank his arms into the middle of the water/s trying to catch the neck he had seen and did not catch himself in them!
He desired himself unknowingly, and he who approved was himself approved, and while he sought, he was being sought, and equally he enflamed/set on fire and was burning.
irrita fallaci quotiens dedit oscula fonti!
Foolish boy, why do you try to catch fleeting likenesses/reflections in vain!
How often he gave futile/useless/unfulfilled kisses to the deceitful spring!
and the same mistake which deceived his eyes, encouraged them.
What you seek is nowhere: that which you love, should you turn away, you would lose.
in mediis quotiens visum captantia collumbracchia mersit aquis nec se deprendit in illis!
How often he plunged/sank his arms into the middle of the water/s trying to catch the neck he had seen and did not catch himself in them!
Foolish boy, why do you try to catch fleeting likenesses/reflections in vain?
He did not know what he was looking at, but because of that at which he was looking he was on fire,
What you seek is nowhere: that which you love, should you turn away, you would lose.
quid videat nescit, sed quod videt uritur illo atque oculos idem qui decipit incitat error.
and while he sought, he was being sought, and equally he enflamed/set on fire and was burning.
How often he plunged/sank his arms into the middle of the water/s trying to catch the neck he had seen and did not catch himself in them!
What you seek is nowhere: that which you love, should you turn away, you would lose.
He did not know what he was looking at, but because of that at which he was looking he was on fire, and the same mistake which deceived his eyes, encouraged them.
quae simul aspexit liquefacta rursus in unda, non tulit ulterius
and neither his energy, nor his strength, nor the things which he had recently seen and liked, nor his body remained, [the body] which Echo had once loved.
so, weakened by love, he wasted away and he was gradually consumed by a hidden fire.
As soon as he caught sight of his reflection (lit. these things) in the water, now clear again, he could not endure it any longer
but just as honey-gold wax is accustomed to melt from a gentle flame and the morning frost is accustomed to melt
sed, ut intabescere flavaeigne levi cerae matutinaeque pruinaesole tepente solent, sic attenuatus amoreliquitur et tecto paulatim carpitur igni;
And whenever he beat his arms with his hands,she would also return the same sound of grief.
How often he plunged/sank his arms into the middle of the water/s trying to catch the neck he had seen and did not catch himself in them!
and neither his energy, nor his strength, nor the things which he had recently seen and liked, nor his body remained, [the body] which Echo had once loved.
but just as honey-gold wax is accustomed to melt from a gentle flame and the morning frost is accustomed to melt with a warm sun, so, weakened by love, he wasted away and he was gradually consumed by a hidden fire.
et neque iam color est mixto candore rubori,
His rosy-white complexion now had no glow
That reflection, which you see, is the appearance of a reflected image.
and his blush, mixed with a snowy radiance
he loved/fell in love with a hope without a body [and] he thought that which was a reflection to be a body.
nec vigor et vires et quae modo visa placebant,nec corpus remanet, quondam quod amaverat Echo.
The wood nymphs wailed; Echo replied to those wailing.
and when he had said goodbye, Echo also said 'goodbye'.
and neither his energy, nor his strength, nor the things which he had recently seen and liked, nor his body remained, [the body] which Echo had once loved.
And whenever he beat his arms with his hands,she would also return the same sound of grief.
quae tamen ut vidit, quamvis irata memorqueindoluit
However, when she saw him, although angry and unforgetting, she grieved
he had recently seen and liked, nor his body remained, [the body] which Echo had once loved.
The final words of Narcissus, as he was watching the familiar water, were these:
and when he had said goodbye, Echo also said 'goodbye'.
quotiensque puer miserabilis 'eheu'dixerat, haec resonis iterabat vocibus 'eheu'.
'let's get together here!' he said and Echo, [who] would never reply to any sound more willingly responded: 'let's get together!'
He looked around and since, again, no one was coming, said: 'why do you run away from me?' and he received the same number of words that he said.
He was astonished, and while he directed his gaze in all directions, he shouted loudly: 'come!'; she called the one calling.
and whenever the pitiable boy said 'alas!'she would repeat, with echoing voice, 'alas!'
cumque suos manibus percusserat ille lacertos,haec quoque reddebat sonitum plangoris eundem.
The final words of Narcissus, as he was watching the familiar water, were these:
And whenever he beat his arms with his hands,she would also return the same sound of grief.
However, when she saw him, although angry and unforgetting, she grieved
and whenever the pitiable boy said 'alas!'she would repeat, with echoing voice, 'alas!'
ultima vox solitam fuit haec spectantis in undam: 'heu frustra dilecte puer!' totidemque remisitverba locus
The final words of Narcissus, as he was watching the familiar water, were these:'Alas, boy loved in vain!' and the place sent back the same number of words,
and when he had said goodbye, Echo also said 'goodbye'.
And whenever he beat his arms with his hands,she would also return the same sound of grief.
and whenever the pitiable boy said 'alas!'she would repeat, with echoing voice, 'alas!'
dictoque vale, 'vale' inquit et Echo.
when he was received in the realm of the underworld, then too he was watching himself in the water of the Styx.
death shut the eyes admiring the beauty of their master,
He (Narcissus) laid down his tired head on the green grass,
and when he had said goodbye, Echo also said 'goodbye'.
ille caput viridi fessum summisit in herba, lumina mors clausit domini mirantia formam.
The final words of Narcissus, as he was watching the familiar water, were these:
His sisters, the water nymphs, wailed, and offered their cut hair/shorn hair/hair which they had cut to their brother.
He (Narcissus) laid down his tired head on the green grass, death shut the eyes admiring the beauty of their master,
when he was received in the realm of the underworld, then too he was watching himself in the water of the Styx.
tum quoque se, postquam est inferna sede receptus,in Stygia spectabat aqua.
And now they began to prepare a funeral pyre, the torches which would be shaken and the bier:
when he was received in the realm of the underworld, then too he was watching himself in the water of the Styx.
His sisters, the water nymphs, wailed, and offered their cut hair/shorn hair/hair which they had cut to their brother.
[but] the body was nowhere. Instead of a body, they found a yellow flower with white petals surrounding the centre.
planxere sorores Naides et sectos fratri posuere capillos, planxerunt Dryades; plangentibus assonat Echo.
And whenever he beat his arms with his hands,she would also return the same sound of grief.
and the place sent back the same number of words, and when he had said goodbye, Echo also said 'goodbye'.
His sisters, the water nymphs, wailed, and offered their cut hair/shorn hair/hair which they had cut to their brother. The wood nymphs wailed; Echo replied to those wailing.
and neither his energy, nor his strength, nor the things which he had recently seen and liked, nor his body remained, [the body] which Echo had once loved.
iamque rogum quassasque faces feretrumque parabant:
death shut the eyes admiring the beauty of their master,
the water nymphs, wailed, and offered their cut hair/shorn hair/hair which they had cut to their brother.
the body was nowhere. Instead of a body, they found a yellow flower with white petals surrounding the centre.
And now they began to prepare a funeral pyre, the torches which would be shaken and the bier:
nusquam corpus erat; croceum pro corpore floreminveniunt foliis medium cingentibus albis.
The wood nymphs wailed; Echo replied to those wailing.
the body was nowhere. Instead of a body, they found a yellow flower with white petals surrounding the centre.
And now they began to prepare a funeral pyre, the torches which would be shaken and the bier:
His sisters, the water nymphs, wailed, and offered their cut hair/shorn hair/hair which they had cut to their brother.
