The
ransom
of
Hector
 
 
 
 Nomen
mihi
est_________________


1. diu
mater
filium
mortuum
lūget;



2. diu
luget
Andromache
uxor
Hectoris;



3. diu
luget
Priamus.



4. tandem,
ubi
nox
venit,
Priamus
ex
urbe
exit



5. et
solus
ad
Graecōrum
naves
procedit.
d


6. eus
Mercurius
eum
ducit
per
vigilēs
Graecorum.



7. tandem
ad
Achillis
tabernāculum
advenit;



8. intrat
et
Achillem
salutat;



9. ad
terram
prōcumbit
et
“ō
Achilles,
te
ōrō,”
inquit;



10. “tandem
ab
ira
desiste



11. et
filium
mortuum
ad
matrem
miseram
remitte.”


12. Achilles,
ubi
Priamum
videt,
atonitus
est.



13. misericordiā
commōtus
est;



14. Priamum
ē
terra
tollit.



15. filium
moruum
reddit


The
ransom
of
Hector
 
 
 
 Nomen
mihi
est_________________


16. et
patrem
ad
urbem
Troiam
incolumem
remittit

ab from miseram poor

Achillem Achilles misericordiā by pity
Achilles, Mortuum dead
Achillis Achilles’ Naves ships
ad to Nox night
advenit; arrives ōO
Andromache ōrō,' I beg
atonitus gob-smacked patrem his (i.e. Hector’s)
commōtus moved Per through
desiste desist Priamum
deus the god Priamus
Diu for a long time procedit. proceeds
Ducit leads prōcumbit bows down
ē from reddit gives back
est; is he remitte.' remit (send back)
est. salutat; salutes (greeets)
et and solus solo
Eum him Tabernāculum tent
ex out of Tandem at length
exit exits Te thee (you)
Filium son terrā
Graecōrum of the Greeks terram the earth
Hectoris; of Hector tollit. raises
Incolumem safe Troiam Troy
inquit; he says Ubi when
intrat enters urbe the city
irā your wrath urbem the urban envrironment
lūget; mourns Uxor wife
Mater mom venit, comes
matrem his mom videt, sees
Mercurius Mercury Vigilēs guards