•        “furious objurgations” draws a contrast between the idyllic sleeping Cynthia and the woman who is awake. Often I groan at the thumps of unworthy fists. Notice the reference again to gold and chariots and prisoners – all elements of a successful and respectable military triumph. So it is a thing. And someone strove to make you, unwilling, his: But then the moon, fleeting past the open shutters. Ring-dance falls in a heap on Apidanus’ sward; • Propertius uses a series of 3 comparisons of abandoned heroines from mythology to describe Cynthia; the first describes her grief at being abandoned, the second her calmness and tranquillity in sleep, and the last the struggle she went through to keep herself awake for Propertius. Notice how Propertius avoids insulting Cynthia (and invoking her wrath) by instead insulting the door (which she controls). Beaches gemmed with native pebbles seduce. And grace unparalleled informs the agreeable words, This way you will always be most dear to me —. nil non laudabile vidi,    et nudam pressi corpus ad usque meum.cetera quis nescit? How apt were the shape of her breasts to be touched!How flat a stomach was beneath her gentle chest! As a genitive, it means “of”. So now I’m forced to weep in deeper despair. The youths will not keep silence by my grave: “Great poet of our ardours, here you lie!”. His mind, apparently incapable of accepting the state of his body, shuts down. if you want the text to appear different to the name of the panel, use a vertical bar, for copy-pasting but it’s also next to the left shift key on the QWERTY keyboard, [[words appear when playing through|name of panel]], in panels, use HTML for basic formatting (e.g., ,

). Money?). Propertius starts off with a highly rhetorical tone, managing to. At time of writing (May 2019, the ESA/PLANCK website was still up and running. A gerundive is a (verbal) adjective.. “Mistress” is ambiguous; from Propertius’ prospective, it’s. You shall piteously mourn the camps to no avail, In vain you’ll wish to write romantic verse —. can just upload the HTML file that you get from Twine. “soften my hard mistress” servitium amoris AND a typical presentation of an elegiac beloved. Propertius 24 is a paraclausithyron, but differs from the other paraclausithyron examples within the course texts as the door, not Propertius, is the speaker. And given close-pressing kisses to your steps. And I pulled her, being naked, towards my body.Who does not know the rest? ite (go away) hinc (from here), difficiles (difficult), funebria ligna (funeral firewood), tabellae (tablets),    tuque (and you), negaturis (that will deny me) cera (wax) referta (crammed) notis (with words). •        In all of these myths, the man has abandoned the woman and she is hurt for it. omina (the omens) sunt (are) aliquid (something substantial); modo (just as) cum (when) discedere (to leave) vellet (you wanted),    ad (by) limen (the door) digitos restitit (stubbed her toes) icta (having stumbled) Nape (Nape). Personally, I use a combination of Google Drive, to store all of the files, DriveToWeb, to make the Google Drive content accessible like a webpage (you’ll need to mark the content as “shared” in Google Drive), and Bitly, to provide a shorter URL. Yeah, this is a bit weird. Ignorant how to feel, and forward my secret suit. Upload stories, poems, character descriptions & more. She was won over without difficulty, betrayed by herself.As she stood before my eyes, the tunic being put aside. But they prayed to the gods for assistance, and were transformed into birds (Procne a swallow, and Philomela a nightingale). Right now it seems so freakin easy. WP Theater has announced their 2020-21 Season, which will continue to lift up the work of Women+ theater artists in creative new ways that reflect these unprecedented times. Leucippus’ Phoebe did not set fire to Castor thus. A useful tool for mind-mapping projects and revision notes, or creating interactive story-based video-games. “precious” eyes shows Propertius’ total infatuation with his mistress. Please upgrade it or switch to another to continue. The door then laments its’ failings in duty to repulse what it deems as dishonourable figures. If only you’d tire of this pitiful extravagance! Propertius’ drunkenness has allowed him to slip into a trance, which is why the concept is repeated a lot. Philomela was the daughter of King Pandium I of Athens, and had a sister called Procne. I am so tired of this pile of shit crashing my browser and freezing my computer! i blog about studying; here you'll find answers, topic summaries, quizzes, translations and more. I realised, therefore, that you are two-faced, like your name, about my affairs.The number itself was not of a good omen. Again, jewel-bright tones were compliments to a Roman artist. Even he, who turned you from a tree into something useful,I will show that he does not have innocent hands. The doors and brought you back, at last to me? •        “Thracian” is a reference to bacchants and foreshadows Cynthia’s bad mood upon awakening. This is the fame and crumbling of my life. Propertius then claims that his love for Cynthia relies on her looks without the assistance of a beauty parlour. To create a link to a new slide, type [[name of panel]]. The browser-based version does, currently, have another, and very useful, advantage over the executable version. What else should I pray for, in my anger, if not that withered old age should gnaw away at you,and that your wax should become white with horrible mould? Your silent hinges not reciprocate my prayers. This was actually also used by Catullus and Ovid, and may reference the Roman belief in lares and “threshold gods” (Limentus and Lima, Janus, and Cardea) or may be an actual personified door.Lines 1-16 are the door lamenting its’ “fall from grace”.Lines 16-45 are the door repeating Propertius’ elegy to Cynthia.Lines 46-49 are the door complaining again about its’ situation. They have to be lucid to be afraid.\n\nFeeling drained, you slip through the closet door and head back into the bedroom. Before Inachus’ daughter’s strange horns. lassi requievimus ambo. Perhaps a reference to Penelope, who kept herself awake the whole night through (un)weaving. How can i host my game ? The moon is then depicted as meddling and overbearing. I did not dare disturb my mistress’ peace: Fast I stood, with riveted eyes, like Argus. Homer, provided the Fates are kind to your verse; And seek some means to soften my hard mistress: I’m forced to serve not my wit so much as grief. Propertius undermines himself; in trying to warn Cynthia away from her exotic ornamentations and beauty techniques, he ends up promoting them. And torches lie as signs to those excluded. And when you stirred at times and heaved a sigh, I stood transfixed with empty apprehension, Lest visions brought you unaccustomed dread. "Fusion Matters", also called Episode 1, is the first of the six episodes of the interactive game Fuse's Return. You can search for Twine on itch, there’s a lot of it: For now, you'll need to store them elsewhere – whether it's on a web site you control, or a service you use like Dropbox – and put references to them in your story. Nor do I lack unsightly garlands hung up. * DND Mode (cheat) has been adapted to only block interrupting e, I tried being patient with @ staff, but I fucking HATE Eclipse! (to be loved), “mighty triumphs” indicate that the aristocratic family which owns this house was once a very respectable and highly successful military household – the plural here might be. quam iuvenale femur!singula quid referam? The gifts that rolled profuse from my leaning breast! proveniant (may they be successful) medii (the middle of) sic (so) mihi saepe (often/always) dies (days). A justification for his arts. I have to use this website with javascript disabled because of their ineptitude, and I'm about ready t. We use cookies to enhance your experience, analyze site traffic, and for our marketing purposes. A direct moral judgement of Cynthia’s character; the door is far harsher on her than it is on the suitors who pursue her. hahaha. “perpetual neglect” – love being a lifelong affliction. Notice the contrast between the “soft” bed (a place of sleep) and the harsh words of Cynthia. The officious moon, whose light would linger. I, mad, entrusted our love-letters to this (tablet),and gave it the tender words to be carried to my mistress? forma papillarum quam fuit apta premi!quam castigato planus sub pectore venter! Cynthia is a skilled poet – a song to Orpheus’ lyre. aestus (sweltering) erat (it was), mediamque (and the middle) dies (the day) exegerat (had passed) horam (the hour); It was sweltering, and the dayhad passed it’s middle hour; Adposui (I had laid) medio (in the middle) membra (my limbs) levanda (to be rested) toro (of the mattress).pars (part) adoperta (wide open) fuit (it was), pars (part) altera (the other) clausa (shut) fenestrae (the window). The only known Tarpeia from Roman history we are aware of is a foundation-era myth of a Vestal Virgin who attempted to betray the city to the Sabines, so it’s probably a different Tarpeia. It’s only used after certain verbs and adjectives. * side menu can now be pinned open “lying dumb” is a double reference; Ponticus cannot speak because of his lovesickness, and also connotates the usual grandeur speech and war-cry of heroes being stifled by Love. •        The lateness of the hour is emphasises by the last line, where the slaves are extinguishing the torches because absolutely nobody would be awake at this hour anyway. When an ablative gerund is used, it ends with –o (same as the dative) and is used to denote an instrument. The third line of this section is more than a bit confusing; I interpret it as “the aforementioned heroines did not want huge crowds of lovers, just one, because they were content with simplicity.”. Why are your silent, stern panels closed to me? I no longer fear that I’m cheaper to you than those: If she pleases one, a girl makes show enough —. •        “not yet quite totally” shows that whilst Propertius isn’t quite blackout drunk, he is close to it. proveniant medii sic mihi saepe dies. itch.io And then, worn out, with a song to Orpheus’ lyre, Your frequent long delays in love with strangers. Young men in love worship and supplicate the grave of Propertius like a god, eternal memory and remembrance and fame whereas Ponticus will be forgotten. But it’s dressed up like a verb. •        Propertius is planning to either rape/assault Cynthia but describes it quite romantically and gently, as though that makes it any better. This is nice and easy – Latin just uses the infinitive. Propertius then imagines that Cynthia is having a nightmare about a rapist, which feels a little on the nose. Please upgrade it or switch to another to continue. And if he literally decided to one day make it all liquid, he'd quickly see all of his net worth falling down as fears in the stocks he have cause it to go down before he even is able to go through it lmao. Philome.la is shutting down at the end of the month. Then if she were more stubborn that Sicily’s rocks. Opened with gentle beams your eyes becalmed. As the slaves shook up the late-night torches. “you shameless man!” again a reference to the poor reputation of Propertius.