Postquam aurea p\u014dma ad Eurystheum ducta sunt, \u016bnus mod\u014d relinqu\u0113b\u0101tur \u0113 duodecim l\u0101b\u014dribus qu\u014ds Pythia Hercul\u012b dederat. Eurystheus autem Herculem in locum sine \u016bll\u0101 sp\u0113 redit\u016bs mittere cupi\u0113bat. Herculem igitur i\u016bssit canem Cerberum ex Orc\u014d in l\u016bcem trahere. Cerberus iste m\u014dnstrum erat horribil\u012b speci\u0113, cui tria erant capita serpentibus saev\u012bs c\u012bncta. Antequam tamen d\u0113 h\u014dc l\u0101b\u014dre n\u0101rr\u0101mus, quoniam d\u0113 Orc\u014d menti\u014dnem f\u0113cimus, pauca d\u0113 e\u0101 regi\u014dne pr\u014dp\u014dn\u012b d\u0113bent.<\/p>\n
D\u0113 Orc\u014d, qu\u012b \u012bdem H\u0101d\u0113s appell\u0101b\u0101tur, haec tr\u0101duntur. Ut quisque d\u0113 v\u012bt\u0101 d\u0113cesserat, m\u0101n\u0113s eius ad Orcum, s\u0113dem mortu\u014drum, \u0101 de\u014d Mercuri\u014d d\u0113d\u016bc\u0113bantur. Huius regi\u014dnis, quae sub terr\u0101 erat, r\u0113x erat Pl\u016bt\u014d, et uxor r\u0113gis erat Pr\u014dserpina, Iovis et Cereris f\u012blia. M\u0101n\u0113s igitur qu\u012b \u0101 Mercuri\u014d d\u0113duct\u012b sunt pr\u012bmum ad r\u012bpam veni\u0113bant Stygis fl\u016bminis, qu\u014d r\u0113gnum Pl\u016bt\u014dnis contin\u0113tur. Hoc tr\u0101ns\u012bre necesse erat ante adventum in Orcum. N\u016bllus p\u014dns erat: m\u0101n\u0113s tr\u0101nsveh\u0113bantur \u0101 Charonte qu\u014ddam, qu\u012b cum parv\u0101 scaph\u0101 ad r\u012bpam exspect\u0101bat. Char\u014dn pr\u014d h\u014dc offici\u014d merc\u0113dem postul\u0101bat: quam ob causam m\u014ds erat apud antiqu\u014ds n\u016bmmum in \u014dre mortu\u012b p\u014dnere: h\u014dc m\u014dd\u014d m\u0101n\u0113s pretium tr\u0101i\u0113ct\u016bs solvere poterant. E\u012b autem qu\u012b post mortem in terr\u0101 n\u014dn sepult\u012b erant Stygem tr\u0101ns\u012bre n\u014dn potu\u0113runt, sed in r\u012bp\u0101 per centum ann\u014ds err\u0101re co\u0101ct\u012b sunt; tum d\u0113mum Orcum intr\u0101re poterant.<\/p>\n
Post tr\u0101nsitum Stygis, m\u0101n\u0113s ad alterum veni\u0113bant fl\u016bmen, quod L\u0113th\u0113 appell\u0101b\u0101tur. Ex h\u014dc fl\u016bmine aquam bibere c\u014dg\u0113bantur: deinde r\u0113s omn\u0113s in v\u012bt\u0101 gest\u0101s \u0113 memori\u0101 d\u0113pon\u0113bant. D\u0113n\u012bque ad s\u0113dem ips\u012bus Pl\u016bt\u014dnis veni\u0113bant, cuius introitus \u0101 cane Cerber\u014d cust\u014ddi\u0113b\u0101tur. Ibi Pl\u016bt\u014d cum ux\u014dre Pr\u014dserpin\u0101 in soli\u014d s\u0113d\u0113bat. St\u0101bant etiam n\u014dn procul ab e\u014d loc\u014d tria alia solia, in quibus s\u0113d\u0113bant M\u012bn\u014ds, Rhadamanthus, Aeacusque, i\u016bdic\u0113s apud \u012bnfer\u014ds. H\u012b mortu\u012bs i\u016bs d\u012bc\u0113bant et praemia poen\u0101sque c\u014dnstitu\u0113bant. Bon\u012b enim in Camp\u014ds Elysi\u014ds, s\u0113dem be\u0101t\u014drum, veni\u0113bant; improb\u012b autem in Tartarum mitt\u0113bantur ac mult\u012bs et vari\u012bs supplici\u012bs ibi excruci\u0101bantur.<\/p>\n
Hercul\u0113s postquam imperia Eurysthe\u012b acc\u0113pit, in Lac\u014dniam ad Taenarum statim v\u0113nit; ibi enim sp\u0113lunca erat ingent\u012b magnit\u016bdine, per quam, ut tr\u0101d\u0113b\u0101tur, homin\u0113s ad Orcum d\u0113scend\u0113bant. Nec tamen s\u014dlus hoc iter faci\u0113bat, Mercurius enim et Minerva s\u0113 e\u012b soci\u014ds adi\u016bnxerant. Ubi ad r\u012bpam Stygis v\u0113nit, Hercul\u0113s scapham Charontis c\u014dnscendit. Pr\u012bmum inv\u012btus, Char\u014dn min\u012bs tamen Herculis territus est, et eum incolumem ad alteram r\u012bpam perd\u016bxit.<\/p>\n
Post tr\u0101nsitum, Hercul\u0113s in s\u0113dem ips\u012bus Pl\u016bt\u014dnis v\u0113nit; et causam itineris r\u0113g\u012b exposuit. Pl\u016bt\u014d, qu\u012b d\u0113 Hercule f\u0101mam acc\u0113perat, eum benign\u0113 exc\u0113pit, et facult\u0101tem quam ille pet\u0113bat libenter dedit. D\u012bxit tamen: \u201cUbi imper\u0101ta Eurysthe\u012b facta erunt, Cerberum in Orcum r\u016brsus red\u016bc.\u201d Post hoc pactum, Hercul\u0113s Cerberum, quem n\u014dn sine magn\u014d per\u012bcul\u014d manibus prehenderat, magn\u014d cum l\u0101b\u014dre ex Orc\u014d in l\u016bcem et ad urbem Eurysthe\u012b tr\u0101xit. Ibi magnus timor animum Eurysthe\u012b c\u0113pit: mult\u012bs cum lacrim\u012bs obsecr\u0101vit Herculem: \u201cM\u014dnstrum sine mor\u0101 in Orcum red\u016bc, am\u0101b\u014d t\u0113!\u201d. S\u012bc contr\u0101 omnium op\u012bni\u014dnem duodecim ill\u012b l\u0101b\u014dr\u0113s qu\u014ds Pythia praec\u0113perat intr\u0101 duodecim ann\u014ds confect\u012b sunt; Hercul\u0113s igitur servit\u016bte tandem l\u012bber\u0101tus est et magn\u014d cum gaudi\u014d ad patriam Th\u0113b\u0101s rev\u0113nit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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