Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Callisto translation test

Part One
Often poets ask the Muses to tell the story. "Tell, O Muse, the story of the nymph, Callisto and her son, Arcas."
"Look to the stars in the sky," said the Muse. "See the seven stars, Ursa Major, and the other seven stars, Ursa Minor. Ursa Major is Callisto, and Ursa Minor is Arcas, her son. Because of the anger of the queen of the gods, Jupiter transformed the nymph and her son into stars in the sky."
Callisto is a nymph whose form is pretty. She lives in Arcadia. The god Jupiter went to woods and fields in Arcadia, the land of the goddess, he saw the form of the beautiful nymph and loved her instantly. Certainly the form was Callisto. The band that retained her clothes neglected to retain her hair. Callisto was in the woods when Diana and the other nymphs left.
Then Callisto was alone and asleepin the grassland; Jupiter saw her. The nymph was pleasing to the god. "Juno must not see me here," He said, "or if she does see me, I will have an expensive price to pay."Then Jupiter took the form of Diana and the nymph recognized the goddess. Jupiter was the victor; However Callisto, the miserable nymph, in the familiar woods and familiar friends saw that it was not the goddess Diana

Part Two
Juno, the queen of the gods was very angry. The time was appropriate for human punishment.
When the boy Arcas was born to the nymph, Juno said, "No cause is hindered. See my wrong, adulteress!" But Jupiter is away. He will not protect you. I will change your beautiful figure."

She said and held the hair of the nymph and threw her down on the ground. While the miserable Callisto stretched out pleading arms, they arms grew rough, shaggy hair. No words remain in the nymph.; only a hoarse voice. Callisto is now a wild bear, but human sense remained in the bear. A! How often she wandered in fields formerly her own. A! How often had she fled, terrified, men and wild animals, she herself an animal.

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