Episode 2.3: In the House of Marcus Maecenas

 

Recentiī in ātrium intrant. ātrium est māgnum sed dēsertum. est nēmō in ātriō.

 

“hic,” inquit Bellātor, “locus est māgnus! ecce! implūvium est magnificum! dī immortalēs! sunt piscēs in impluviō!”

 

“tū es rīdiculōsus, ō frāter.” rēspondet Octāviāna. “sunt picturae piscium. aliquis pictūrās pictās in saxīs in impluvium posuit.”

 

“hahahae! ita vērō, sunt pictūrae. non sunt piscēs vivī.” rēspondet Bellātor. maecenas floorplan

 

lūna plēna per compluvium lucet et creat lūcem multam per tōtum ātrium.

 

“quid nunc?” rogat Bellātor.

 

Octāviāna ātrium circumspectat. in angulō ātriī est larārium Marcī. sunt candēlae et statuae parvae in larāriō. prope larārium est lectus geniālis. lectus est ornātus.

 

subitō Octāviāna sonum per peristȳlum ē trīclīniō audit.

 

“fortassē,” Bellātor inquit, “Marcus est in trīclīniō. nōn debēmus intrāre trīclīnium.”

 


quid Recentiī agunt?

 

Choice A: Recentiī ad peristȳlum eunt.

Choice B: Bellātor larārium inspicit.

Choice C: Octāviāna lectum geniālem inspicit.

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