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| Haec nārrantur ā poētīs dē Perseō. | These things are told by the poets about Perseus. |
| Perseus fīlius erat Iovis, māximī deōrum; | Perseus was the son of Jupiter, the greatest of the gods; |
| avus eius Acrisius appellābātur. | his grandfather was called Acrisius. |
| Acrisius volēbat Perseum nepōtem suum necāre; | Acrisius wanted to kill his grandson Perseus; |
| nam propter ōrāculum puerum timēbat. | for on account of an oracle he feared the boy. |
| Comprehendit igitur Perseum adhūc infantem, | He seized, therefore, Perseus still an infant, |
| et cum mātre in arcā līgneā inclūsit. | and he enclosed him with his mother in a wooden ark. |
| Tum arcam ipsam in mare coniēcit. | Then the ark itself he threw into the sea. |
| Danaē, Perseī māter, māgnopere territa est; | Danae, the mother of Perseus, was very afraid. |
| tempestās enim māgna mare turbābat. | for a great storm began churning up the sea. |
| Perseus autem in sinū mātris dormiēbat. | Perseus, however, was sleeping in his mother's lap. |
