Thursday, September 19, 2013

From 38 Latin Stories - Pandora's Box


My Translation 

Iapetus has two sons, Prometheus and Epimetheus.  Prometheus is a man of great wisdom; Epimetheus is a man without wisdom.  Jupiter gives a beautiful woman, Pandora, to Epimetheus.  Prometheus often warns Epimetheus about Pandora: "O, Epimetheus, you are going astray!  You do not see the danger.  You must not accept the woman."  Epimetheus loves Pandora; he does not think about the danger.  Jupiter gives a box to Epimetheus; he is not permitted to open the box.  But Pandora is curious: "What is in the box? Much Money? A great number of jewels?"  The woman opens the box.   Many forms of evil fly out and wander away!  But Pandora saves the hope in the box.  Even if life is full of evils, we always have hope.


The original Latin text from 38 Latin Stories.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for translating this. I am new to Latin and was struggling with the translation; not knowing how to check my work.

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