Hyginus: Fabulae
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Try your hand at these excerpts. The grammar is very simple and the stories are interesting… Though they might give you nightmares.
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THESEUS APUD MINOTAURUM
Theseus posteaquam Cretam venit, ab Ariadne Minois filia est adamatus adeo, ut fratrem proderet et hospitem servaret, ea enim Theseo monstravit labyrinthi exitum, quo Theseus cum introisset et Minotaurum interfecisset, Ariadnes monitu licium revolvendo foras est egressus eamque, quod fidem ei dederat, in coniugio secum habiturus avexit.
CASSANDRA
Cassandra Priami et Hecubae filia in Apollinis fano ludendo lassa obdormisse dicitur, quam Apollo cum vellet comprimere, corporis copiam non fecit. Ob quam rem Apollo fecit, ut, cum vera vaticinaretur, fidem non haberet.
THESEUS WITH THE MINOTAUR
After Theseus arrived in Crete, he fell in love with Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, so much so that he betrayed his brother and saved his guest, for she showed Theseus the exit from the labyrinth, into which Theseus had entered and killed the Minotaur, and at Ariadne's warning he came out spinning his thread, and because he had given her his trust, he took her with him in marriage.
CASSANDRA
It is said that Cassandra, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, fell asleep in the temple of Apollo, exhausted from playing, and when Apollo wanted to squeeze her, his body was not strong enough. For which reason Apollo made it so that, when she made true predictions, she would not have faith.
THESEUS WITH THE MINOTAUR
After Theseus arrived in Crete, he fell in love with Ariadne, the daughter of Minos, so much so that he betrayed his brother and saved his guest, for she showed Theseus the exit from the labyrinth, into which Theseus had entered and killed the Minotaur, and at Ariadne's warning he came out spinning his thread, and because he had given her his trust, he took her with him in marriage.
CASSANDRA
It is said that Cassandra, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba, fell asleep in the temple of Apollo, exhausted from playing, and when Apollo wanted to squeeze her, his body was not strong enough. For which reason Apollo made it so that, when she made true predictions, she would not have faith.