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I- Mr. Ludwig Nomen__________________
Ceres et Proserpina p. 148
Ceres is the
goddess of grain, she lived with her daughter Proserpina in
Directions: Find 10
mistakes in the translation. Number the mistakes and correct them
“What did we do? We
work in the fields but we will not have grain.
We are not well. The gods were
not just; they do not do (their) duties.”
Juppiter,
who ruled the gods and men, saw the injuries of the people and announced to the
goddesses of the fields:
“Prosepina
will be well but Pluto holds her (eam). I sent the
messenger Mercury to those below (i.e. the underworld). Mercury will drag your daughter to you. But she will not always remain in the
So (ita) Juppiter brought about harmony. Ceres will receive (her) daughter. Proserpina lived
part of the year on land, part under the land.
Whenever she is free on land, we will see many flowers and great
supplies of grain, because Ceres is grateful in the fields and great is the eagerness
of the goddess. But whenever Proserpina departs to those below, Ceres is sad, and there
were not varying flowers.
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