Episode 3.2.a

>Vīlla Sextī, Pompēiī, Ītalia, 79 CE<

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postquam dē rēbus Rōmae ā Caeciliō discēdis, ad vīllam Sextī redīs. Sextus in tablīnō est. multās chartās et multōs librōs movet et spectat.

 

"euge!" inquit Sextus. "cēram inveniō!" Sextus ad vōs rīdet. Sextus nitidus est. lūmen dē Sextō venit, et lentē mundus tremit et fluit.

 

nunc es in templō sacrō. Iuppiter in templō sedet. māgnus vir prope Iovem stat. vir vestem gerit et baculum, arma sua, tenet.

 

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Iuppiter virō dīcit: vir ad Trōiam īre dēbet. nam Neptūnus Lapidem in mūrōs Trōiae posuit, et aliquis Lapidem servāre dēbet. Iuppiter virum ad Lāomedontem, rēgem Trōiae, mittit.

 

vir vestem ferīnam gerit. ad vōs sē vertit et vōs vocat, nam auxilium vestrum dēsīderat. iter longum est, sed tempus breve: subitō adestis in Trōiā.

 

in Trōiā rēgem Lāomedontem vidētis. prope portam rēgiam sunt equī pulchrī et māgnī.

 

Lāomedōn surgit. " immortālēs!" inquit. mōnstrum ē marī vēnit et Trōiam petit. Lāomedōn fīliam suam ad āram, dōnum deō Neptūnō, dūcere dēbet. "estne auxilium?" rogat.

 


Prompt: Arrange a deal with Laomedon to slay the sea monster.

 

Note: the lion-skinned hero is Herculēs, though he is not yet named in the scene.

CODEX 3.2

 

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