Cambridge Latin Course Book 1 Stage 10 Statuae Translation 🆕

Magistratus venit. "Quem videtis culpam esse?" rogavit. Multi dicebant, "Fur est culpabilis." Magistratus spectavit ad vias et invenit vestigia parvorum pedum ad portam. Vestigia ducebant ad domum iuvenis pauperis.

"Near the forum, there are statues. 'What is a statue?' Caecilius asked Curtius. 'They are images of the gods,' Curtius replied. 'What do you mean by images?' 'They are likenesses of the gods,' Curtius said, 'which have been made by human hands.' 'Where are the statues?' 'They are in the temple,' Curtius said." cambridge latin course book 1 stage 10 statuae translation

The workmen and citizens all nodded in agreement, and Gaius exclaimed, "That's perfect! We'll place the statue by the fountain." Magistratus venit

Syphax is silent and goes down into the cellar. In the cellar he finds a slave who is holding a statue. The slave is Salvius, whom Syphax is keeping in chains. The slave shouts: “Wretched me! I have been working for a long time in this cellar. Now I am ordered to hold a statue. Why don’t you free me?” Syphax laughs: “Because I want to make a statue of a beautiful girl. You are the best slave. You will help me for a long time.” Vestigia ducebant ad domum iuvenis pauperis

In the story from Stage 10 of the Cambridge Latin Course Book 1

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