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Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles: Perseus 1

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1. THE ARK
Haec nârrantur â poêtîs dê Perseô. Perseus fîlius erat Iovis, mâximî deôrum; avus êius Acrisius appellâbâtur. Acrisius volêbat Perseum nepôtem suum necâre; nam propter ôrâculum puerum timêbat. Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhûc infantem, et cum mâtre in arcâ lîgneâ inclûsit. Tum arcam ipsam in mare coniêcit. Danaê, Perseî mâter, mâgnopere territa est; tempestâs enim mâgna mare turbâbat. Perseus autem in sinû mâtris dormiêbat.

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1. Haec nârrantur â poêtîs dê Perseô.	Perseus: in Greek, this name would be pronounced as two syllables, since "eu" is a diphthong in Greek, but in Latin it is regarded as a three-syllable second declension noun: Per-se-us.
Perseus fîlius erat Iovis, mâximî deôrum;	filius...Iovis: split phrase maximi: genitive singular, in apposition to Iovis
avus êius Acrisius appellâbâtur.
Acrisius volêbat Perseum, nepôtem suum , necâre;	necare: complementary infinitive with volebat
nam propter ôrâculum puerum timêbat.
Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhûc infantem, et cum mâtre in arcâ lîgneâ inclûsit.	igitur: postpositive
Tum arcam ipsam in mare coniêcit.
Danaê, Perseî mâter, mâgnopere territa est;	Danae: the long "e" ending is a Greek noun ending, feminine nominative singular
tempestâs enim mâgna mare turbâbat.	enim: postpositive, which splits the phrase tempestas magna
Perseus autem in sinû mâtris dormiêbat.	autem: postpositive