Simplified Fable 64: De Satyro et Viatore

Now that I have finished the Segmented Grammar Commentaries on the fables (see the Complete Fables List for links), I'll be working through the fables again, this time providing "Simplified" versions of the fables. So, here is today's Simplified fable - De Satyro et Viatore, the story of the satyr who is suspicious of a two-mouthed (we might say 'two-faced") traveler whom he finds in the snow.

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Here is a Google Presentation version (larger version also available):



The original version is as follows:

Satyrus Viatorem, nive obrutum atque algore enectum, misertus ducit in antrum suum. Refocillantem manus anhelitu oris percontatur causam; “Ut calefiant,” inquit. Postea, cum accumberent, sufflat Viator in polentam. Quod cur ita faceret interrogatus “Ut frigescat,” inquit. Tunc continuo Satyrus Viatorem eiiciens: “Nolo (inquit) in meo ut sis antro, cui tam diversum est os.”

Here are the simplified sentences as they appear in the slideshow:

Viator nive obrutus est.

Viatore algore enectus est.

Satyrus Viatorem misertus est.

Satyrus Viatorem nive obrutum misertus est.

Satyrus Viatorem nive obrutum atque algore enectum misertus est.

Satyrus Viatorem ducit in antrum suum.

Satyrus Viatorem, nive obrutum atque algore enectum, misertus ducit in antrum suum.

Viator manus refocillabat.

Viator manus anhelitu oris refocillabat.

Satyrus percontatur causam.

Satyrus Viatorem percontatur causam.

Satyrus Viatorem refocillantem manus anhelitu oris percontatur causam.

“Ut manus calefiant,” inquit Viator.

Postea Satyrus et Viator accumbunt.

Viator sufflat in polentam.

Postea, cum accumberent, sufflat Viator in polentam.

Satyrus Viatorem interrogavit:

Viator interrogatus est a Satyro:

"Cur ita hoc facis?"

Viator inquit, "Ut polenta frigescat."

Cur ita hoc faceret interrogatus, “Ut frigescat,” Viator inquit.

Tunc Satyrus Viatorem eiicit.

Tunc continuo Satyrus Viatorem eiicit.

Tunc continuo Satyrus Viatorem eiiciens, inquit:

"Tibi diversum est os."

"Tibi tam diversum est os!"

"Non volo ut sis in meo antro."

"Nolo ut sis in meo antro."

"Nolo in meo ut sis antro."

“Nolo in meo ut sis antro, cui tam diversum est os.”

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