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Today I finished translating the story of Lycaon in Ovid. \u00a0Most of it anyhow. \u00a0Some still awaits consultation with Greg. \u00a0I plan to go back and forth through this story until I have a clean, idiomatic and interesting text. \u00a0That’s the next couple of days, maybe more. Probably more. \u00a0Lycaon’s tale is the origin of the word Lycanthrope, a coined word for werewolf. \u00a0Lycanthropy is the study of werewolves.<\/p>\n
In this story Jupiter, angered by an Arcadian king’s (Lycaon) human sacrifices, comes to earth to investigate. \u00a0When Lycaon tries to serve him human flesh, a test to see if he is truly divine, Jupiter in a rage turns King Lycaon into a wolf, but a wolf with human feet, eyes, grayish hair and the former king’s wild and fierce countenance.<\/p>\n
Translating it word by word, line by line, idea by idea and then going back to create a polished English version is the task I set myself so long ago, producing a translation of Metamorphoses so I can embed these stories in my own consciousness. \u00a0Yes, there are over 15,000 verses in total, and I’m only at verse 235 (plus several hundred other verses I translated, stories I chose to keep me interested) but I’m now beginning to see myself as a translator and not only a student. \u00a0That’s a big transition.<\/p>\n
I will post the text when I finish.<\/p>\n
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