6 KEY TO EASY LATIN STORIES. [part i.
by my father, deprived of all my property.’ Then said Croesos: “Thou art descended from friends, and hast come to friends.’ So he used to live in the palace of Croesus.
A huge toild boar ravages the country.
19.About the same time there appeared in Mount Olympus a wild boar of wonderful size. It began to ravage the territories of the Mysians.
The people beg Croesus to send his son to kill it.
20.The ambassadors of the Mysians came to Croesus saying these words: ‘O king! a boar of huge size has appeared in our district. He is destroying all the works of the husbandmen. Send your son and chosen youths and hounds, for we wish to remove the brute from our country.’
Croesus refuses.
21.To them making this prayer, Croesus, remembering his dream, replied as follows: ‘Of my son, indeed, make mention no more. For I cannot send him out with you. But I shall send a chosen band of Lydians and hounds.’
Atys implores his father to let him go.
22.Hearing the prayers of the Mysians, Atys comes in. He tries to move his father with these words: ‘Formerly, my father, this seemed to me most noble and glorious, (namely) to win honour in war and the chase. Therefore, do not keep me at home. What, pray, shall I seem to the citizens to be1 What kind of man shall I seem to my wife!’
Croesus gives his reasons for refusing.
23.Therefore, Croesus answered as follows: ‘My son, in a dream lately, I saw thee slain by an iron weapon. On this account, I am guarding thee at home.’
