The Metamorphoses (Signet Classics) by Ovid

Author:Ovid [Ovid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2009-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

HERCULES, NESSUS, AND DEIANIRA

Then since the river god had told his story

One of his nymphs came tripping into view;

The slender girl was naked as Diana,

Green hair undone and flowing down her sides.

And in her arms she held the Horn of Plenty,

Harvest of Autumn’s fruits—and after it,

A second round of apples, the health of life.

Then when grey daylight came and Sun’s first rays

Glanced over hilltops of the distant range

The young men took their way, nor would they wait

Until the stormy river eased his course.

And as they left him, native Acheloüs

Concealed his weather-beaten face, his wound, his scars

Beneath the surface of his rising waves.

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