Chloris
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1
Chloris Niobes et Amphionis filia quae ex septem superauerat. hanc habuit in coniugem Neleus Hippocoontis filius, ex qua procreauit liberos masculos duodecim.
As for Chloris, daughter of Niobe and Amphion, who had survived out of the seven: Neleus, son of Hippocoon, took her as wife, and by her fathered twelve sons.
2
Hercules cum Pylum expugnaret, Neleum interfecit et filios eius decem, undecimus autem Periclymens beneficio Neptuni aui in aquilae effigiem conuersus mortem effugit.
When Hercules was storming Pylus, he killed Neleus and ten of his sons; the eleventh, Periclymenus, by the favour of Neptune his grandfather, was turned into the shape of an eagle and escaped death.
3
nam duodecimus Nestor in Ilio erat, qui tria saecula uixisse dicitur beneficio Apollinis; nam quos annos Chloridis fratrum Apollo eripuerat, Nestori concessit.
For the twelfth son, Nestor, was at Ilium; he is said to have lived three generations by Apollo's favour; for the years which Apollo had taken from the brothers of Chloris, he granted to Nestor.
Notes
- Paragraph 1, ex septem: out of the seven daughters of Fabula 9, of whom Chloris alone survived (Fabula 9, paragraph 3 excepts Chloris from Diana's killing). Niobes et is supplied in Packhum. Liberos masculos is rendered “sons”, not “male children”.
- Paragraph 2, genealogy: paragraph 1 calls Neleus son of Hippocoon, while paragraph 2 calls Neptune his grandfather; the Latin text does not agree with itself, and the usual tradition makes Neleus a son of Neptune by Tyro. The translation is kept as supplied, and the conflict is stated here rather than resolved. Periclymens is supplied in Packhum.
- Paragraph 3, Chloridis fratrum: “the brothers of Chloris”, not “Chloris and her brothers”. Et is bracketed, that is, deleted, in Packhum, so the text reads Chloridis fratrum; and Chloris did not die, so no years were taken from her. The years are those of the slain Niobidae, Chloris's brothers. Tria saecula is “three generations” (three ages/lifetimes); Chloridis is supplied in Packhum.
- Edition check, still open: this Latin text has not yet been checked against a printed critical edition; the points above were checked against the Packhum online text. The Latin here gives the supplied forms in full, with Packhum's supplements listed in these notes.
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