The Old Ways

Hellenic · Dionysiaca, Vol. I · 11 of 15

BOOK XI

Nonnus, tr. W.H.D. Rouse (1940)

beauty with beauty How came roee for he has for“ Ate, daughter of Zou." too much for any that melodious Pan had aw the bold ye gon the mountains away ing form of one of bis agemate boys, she addrewed fer ! What honour have you got from seamed A has often been seen on yin you have heard of, whom Phoibos sped through the air perebed on his winged roving arrow. Ganymedes game became proverbial for fine wine, «g.. below, 514, Various legerds commect hitn in different ways with Dion iaiblennes he to 0 con of Scllenen, atv. 00. ort q ¢ river and brought up handfuls of to gild the two horn: on cither side. He laid « ealigilibed coutinsally 0 over by the sharp sting, by these maddening stings to dash on and on over the hills, afraid of impending fate, made his run tomorrow! Don't kill me high on these rocks, or let me die so that Hacchos never horm, dear bull; do not grudge that Bacehos my love. Bat if you must kill me and Dionysos, if you have no pity for your sorrowful rider take me back to the Satyrs and you shall destroy happy one! Up to the pathles: tops of the mountain the infuriated bull on his cloven hooves, and threw the youth headlong off his beck. He fell on little crack ; the bull bowled him and over on the ground, and pinned him to the earth with the point of his horn. He lay there H Heracles’ page, went to fetch ae lr His beauty left him not although and god tend to be identified.

spin nothing better than this.” ri rey ee fit if i: RHA SERTE or ils Hino igicT lorious gifts of once more. Alas, that Hades is inexorable ! rich metals, that I reas He Lenn speak ik to the Scilenoi that I may just hear your If a Hon killed I will destroy them all, are of wild beasts, and Art sovran of all creatures drives an antlered car eo wile Saag I will wear « fewnskin and drive « seme. if merciless boars have killed you, I will all together and kill them, and not one boar I leave friend ; and he spoke comfortable words to groaning love of yours; turn the sting another youth in exchange, and e ch For new love is ever the physic for + love, since old time knows not how to de love even if he has learnt to hide tree: for the various accounts of hie love-affairs, we jaded then with his nobler beauty would soon have cepoused both this youth with arm," nor Selene F.

the tombstone let this foe in Hades. and Calamos, a pair lowe! If Boreas me rs pared wets dwesMetque Hit i; ELS aT of the lichtgang cach the tending Season, the Fiiptaing autumn as