Iuno
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Iuno cum ad flumen Euhenum in anum se conuertisset et staret ad hominum mentes tentandas, ut se flumen Euhenum transferrent, et id nemo uellet, Iason Aesonis et Alcimedes filius eam transtulit: ea autem irata Peliae quod sibi sacrum intermiserat facere, effecit ut Iason unam crepidam in limo relinqueret.
When Juno had transformed herself into an old woman and stood beside the river Euenus to test the character of men by seeing whether anyone would carry her across the river, no one was willing to do so except Jason, the son of Aeson and Alcimede, who carried her across. Angry with Pelias because he had neglected to perform a sacrifice in her honor, she caused Jason to leave one sandal behind in the mud.
Notes
- Ad hominum mentes tentandas: to test the minds, that is, the characters, of men — rendered here as testing their character by seeing whether anyone would carry her across.
- The backstory to Fabula 12, paragraph 2: Jason left a sandal behind crossing the Euenus. There the sandal is the sign of Pelias's oracle; here Juno supplies the cause — anger at Pelias for neglecting her sacrifice, distinct from the Neptune sacrifice in Fabula 12 — and the mechanism, the mud (in limo).
- Crepidam is “sandal”, as in Fabula 12. Jason's parents here, Aeson and Alcimede, match the opening of Fabula 14.
- 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.
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