Spring Waning Bee Hiving Moon
More fun with poor Actaeon. I translated this short speech of Diana’s and it really gets to the point of what Ovid had in mind.
Diana has just sprinkled Actaeon with avenging water and his transfer to a stag is complete, though he doesn’t know it quite yet. She says to him:
“Now let me show you the garment you saw set down,
If you can tell about it, you may.”
When he tries, all that comes out are a groan and tears, “only his pristine mind remained.” Ouch. You want to stay on the good side of any goddess in your vicinity.
We’ve decided to change my tutoring sessions to a reading course format. I will prepare several verses, translate them, but on the day of our session, I will read the Latin out loud, then translate as much as possible from sight. This should speed up my learning.
On Friday’s Kate goes to the bank to get our weekly cash, goes to the pharmacy which is close by (our credit union is at Mercy Hospital and the pharmacy in the medical office building across the street) and often comes home with lunch. When she gets home, she says, “I’ve got money, drugs and food.” Those little domestic rituals.