C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 64.124–131
The narrative returns to Ariadne on the shore. The passage describes her movements and her grief before she begins the long speech that follows.
Tier 1
Ariadna saepe flēbat. Ariadna saepe clāmōrēs ē pectore mittēbat. Ariadna īrāta erat. cor Ariadnae quasi flammā ārdēbat.
Ariadna ad altōs montēs ascendēbat. Ariadna mare spectābat. tum in undās maris currēbat. vestēs tollēbat.
tum Ariadna maesta extrēma verba dīxit. lacrimae per ōs Ariadnae fluēbant.
Tier 2
saepe Ariadna, ārdentī corde et furōre commōta, clārās vōcēs ē pectore effundēbat.
tum tristis altōs montēs ascendēbat, unde oculīs prōcul māgnās undās marīs spectāret; tum in adversās undās currēbat, mollēs vestēs tollēns ut currere posset.
atque haec maesta verba extrēma dīxit, flēns ōre ūmidō.
Tier 3
saepe Ariadna, ārdentī corde furēns, clārisonās vōcēs imō ē pectore fūdit;
ac tum tristis praeruptōs montēs cōnscendēbat, unde aciem pelagī in vāstōs aestūs prōtenderet; tum in adversās undās tremulī salis prōcurrēbat, mollia tegmina nūdātae sūrae tollēns;
atque haec maesta extrēmīs querellīs dīxit, frīgidulōs singultūs ūdō ōre ciēns.
Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum
- saepe illam perhibent ārdentī corde furentem
- clārisonās imō fūdisse ē pectore vōcēs,
- ac tum praeruptōs trīstem cōnscendere montēs,
- unde aciem pelagī vāstōs prōtenderet aestūs,
- tum tremulī salis adversās prōcurrere in undās
- mollia nūdātae tollentem tegmina sūrae,
- atque haec extrēmīs maestam dīxisse querellīs,
- frīgidulōs ūdō singultūs ōre ciēntem.
Original draft written by Robert Amstutz
