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pulsum regnis cessisse paternis non dicit quare. sed talis historia est.
Idomeneus de semine Deucalionis natus,
IDOMENEO born of the sperm of Deucalione
Cretensium rex,
king of the Cretans
cum post eversam Troiam reverteretur,
when he returned from Troy
in tempestate devovit sacrificaturum se de re,
in a tempest
he offered to sacrifice
quae ei primum occurrisset.
whomever first occurred to him.
Contigit, ut filius eius primus occurreret.
As it happened, that was his son.
Quem cum, ut alii dicunt, immolasset, ut alii vero, immolare voluisset
-- Some say IDOMENEO did immolate his son.
Others that he merely WISHED it.
et post orta esset pestilentia,
In any case, a pestilence was brought to Crete.
a civibus pulsus regno Sallentinum Calabriae promunctorium tenuit,
iuxta quod condidit civitatem, ut “et Sallentinos obsedit milite campos Lyctius Idomeneus”
-- and he ends in that part of ITALY that we call SALENTO.
which are then, as VIRGILIO notes, are descendendants of IDOMENEO.
Relatio ergo historiae ad iniciendum Troianis Cretam eundi desiderium pertinet.
Et re vera aliter ad hostis provinciam ire non poterant.
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regna neoptolemi referam subaudis 'eversa', quod ex posterioribus
intellegitur.
Pyrrho autem quid contigerit manifestum est: nam, ut in tertio legimus, cum vellet ducere Hermionen, Oresti ante desponsatam, ab eo est inter aras Apollinis interemptus.
Unde est “scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes excipit incautum patriasque obtruncat ad aras”.
Versosque penates idomenei Idomeneus rex Cretensium fuit.
Idomeneo was the king of the Cretans.
Qui cum tempestate laboraret, vovit se sacrificaturum Neptuno de ea re quae ei primum occurrisset.
As he worked a tempest, he VOWED a sacrifice to NETTUNO,
of whomever first occurred to him.
Casu ei primus filius occurrit.
As it happened, that was his son.
Quem cum, ut alii dicunt, immolasset, ut alii, immolare vellet, ob crudelitatem regno a civibus pulsus est.
He then, some say, did immolate his son.
Others say that he merely WISHED to do son.
In any case, such cruelty brought bad things.
Unde est “fama volat pulsum regnis cessisse paternis Idomenea ducem” .
It was decreed that his reign should end.
Alii dicunt quod abscedens cuidam suum commendaverat regnum,
qui per eius absentiam occupavit imperium et reversum pepulit. ergo
'versos penates' aut eversos et funditus dirutos accipiendum: aut certe in aliena iura conversos.
Pyrrho autem quid contigerit manifestum est: nam, ut in tertio legimus, cum vellet ducere Hermionen, Oresti ante desponsatam, ab eo est inter aras Apollinis interemptus.
Unde est “scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes excipit incautum patriasque obtruncat ad aras”.
Versosque penates idomenei Idomeneus rex Cretensium fuit.
Idomeneo was the king of the Cretans.
Qui cum tempestate laboraret, vovit se sacrificaturum Neptuno de ea re quae ei primum occurrisset.
As he worked a tempest, he VOWED a sacrifice to NETTUNO,
of whomever first occurred to him.
Casu ei primus filius occurrit.
As it happened, that was his son.
Quem cum, ut alii dicunt, immolasset, ut alii, immolare vellet, ob crudelitatem regno a civibus pulsus est.
He then, some say, did immolate his son.
Others say that he merely WISHED to do son.
In any case, such cruelty brought bad things.
Unde est “fama volat pulsum regnis cessisse paternis Idomenea ducem” .
It was decreed that his reign should end.
Alii dicunt quod abscedens cuidam suum commendaverat regnum,
qui per eius absentiam occupavit imperium et reversum pepulit. ergo
'versos penates' aut eversos et funditus dirutos accipiendum: aut certe in aliena iura conversos.
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