Amores 1.1 Use this presentation to help you prepare your translation. You may use your translation to help you on the Lesson two assessment of your understand of this poem.

Amores 1.1 Lines 1-4 arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam edere, materia conveniente modis. par erat inferior versus; risisse Cupido dicitur atque unum surripuisse pedem. I was preparing to produce…… The lower (second) verse …… Ovid tells us that he planed to write about wars in the appropriate meter, but in the second line (lower part) of the verse, Cupid stole a (metrical) foot. In what meter did Ovid write his serious work, the Metamorphoses? Notice that this meter, elegiac couplet, has one less foot in the second line. Complete the translation. The first part of each couplet is started for you.

Amores 1.1 lines 5-10 “ Quis tibi, saeve puer, dedit hoc in carmina iuris? Pieridum vates, non tua turba sumus. Quid, si praeripiat flavae Venus arma Minervae, ventilet accensas flava Minerva faces? Quis probet in silvis Cererem regnare iugosis, lege pharetratae Virginis arva coli? crinibus insignem quis acuta cuspide Phoebum instruat, Aoniam Marte movente lyram? Who gave to you….. What if…….. Who would approve….. Who would equip Phoebus….. Here, Ovid address Cupid (saeve puer). What case is tibi? Saeve? Pieridum, of the daughters of Pierus, or of the Muses. Pierus, by some accounts is the father of the Muses. Ovid is asking what would happen if Venus took over Minerva’s weapons and Minerva fanned the flames of love, what if Ceres and Diana exchanged jobs? Apollo switch with Mars? Pharetratae=quiver bearer, Diana

Amores 1.1 Lines sunt tibi magna, puer, nimiumque potentia regna; cur opus adfectas, ambitiose, novum? an, quod ubique, tuum est? tua sunt Heliconia tempe? vix etiam Phoebo iam lyra tuta sua est? cum bene surrexit versu nova pagina primo, attenuat nervos proximus ille meos; nec mihi materia est numeris levioribus apta, aut puer aut longas compta puella comas.” questus eram, pharetra cum protinus ille soluta legit in exitium spicula facta meum, Here Ovid tells us that when he tries to start a new page and tell of war, he can’t find the words to write. When he complained to Cupid, Cupid pulls out an arrow…. You do not need to translate this section, but you might like to.

Amores 1.1 Lines Iunavitque genu sinuosum fortiter arcum, “quod” que “canas, vates, accipe” dixit “opus!” me miserum! certas habuit puer ille sagittas. uror, et in vacuo pectore regnat Amor. sex mihi surgat opus numeris, in quinque residat: ferrea cum vestris bella valete modis! cingere litoreā flaventia tempora myrto, Musa per undenos emodulanda pedes! He bravely bent his bow over his knee and said, …. Oh miserable me! Let my work rise up…. Bind your golden locks…. So when Cupid armed himself with his love arrows, he strikes Ovid. Ovid is so overwhelmed with love that he can only write in couplet and he must say farewell to his plans to write about war.