Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 6
On one occasion, when he was drawing them on to speak of antiquity, he began to tell about the most ancient things in our part of the world--about Phoroneus, who is called 'the first,' and about Niobe; and, after the Deluge, to tell of the lives of Deucalion and Pyrrha; and he traced the genealogy of their descendants, and attempted to reckon how many years old were the events of which he was speaking, and to give the dates.
Em certa ocasião, quando ele os estimulava a falar sobre a Antiguidade, começou a contar sobre as coisas mais antigas em nossa parte do mundo -- sobre Foroneu, que é chamado 'o primeiro', e sobre Níobe; e, após o Dilúvio, a falar sobre as vidas de Deucalião e Pirra; e traçou a genealogia de seus descendentes, e tentou calcular há quantos anos haviam ocorrido os eventos dos quais falava, e fornecer as datas.
Thereupon, one of the priests, who was of very great age; said, 'O Solon, Solon, you Hellenes are but children, and there is never an old man who is an Hellene.'
Então, um dos sacerdotes, que era de idade muito avançada, disse: 'Ó Sólon, Sólon, vós os Helenos não sois mais que crianças, e nunca há um homem velho que seja Heleno.'
Solon, bearing this, said, 'What do you mean?'
Sólon, ao ouvir isso, disse: 'O que quer dizer com isso?'
'I mean to say,' he replied, 'that in mind you are all young; there is no old opinion handed down among you by ancient tradition, nor any science which is hoary with age.
'Quero dizer,' respondeu ele, 'que em espírito sois todos jovens; não há nenhuma opinião antiga transmitida entre vós pela tradição ancestral, nem nenhuma ciência envelhecida pelo tempo.
And I will tell you the reason of this: there have been, and there will be again, many destructions of mankind arising out of many causes.
E vou dizer-vos a razão disso: tem havido, e haverá novamente, muitas destruições da humanidade surgidas de muitas causas.
There is a story which even you have preserved, that once upon a time Phaëthon, the son of Helios, having yoked the steeds in his father's chariot, because he was not able to drive them in the path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt.
Há uma história que até vós preservastes, que uma vez Faetonte, o filho de Hélio, tendo atrelado os corcéis à carruagem de seu pai, por não ser capaz de conduzi-los pelo caminho de seu pai, queimou tudo o que havia sobre a terra, e foi ele próprio destruído por um raio.
Vocabulary
- certa
- Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'a particular'.
- ocasião
- Noun meaning 'occasion' or 'opportunity'.
- quando
- Conjunction meaning 'when'.
- estimulava
- Past imperfect of 'estimular', meaning 'was encouraging'.
- falar
- Infinitive verb meaning 'to speak' or 'to talk'.
- sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about' or 'on'.
- Antiguidade
- Noun meaning 'Antiquity', referring to the ancient world.
- começou
- Past tense of 'começar', meaning 'began' or 'started'.
- contar
- Infinitive meaning 'to tell' or 'to count'.
- coisas
- Noun meaning 'things' or 'matters'.
- mais
- Adverb meaning 'more' or 'most'.
- antigas
- Adjective meaning 'ancient' or 'old' (feminine plural).
- nossa
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'our' (feminine singular).
- parte
- Noun meaning 'part' or 'region'.
- mundo
- Noun meaning 'world'.
- chamado
- Past participle of 'chamar', meaning 'called' or 'named'.
- primeiro
- Adjective meaning 'first'.
- após
- Preposition meaning 'after'.
- Dilúvio
- Noun meaning 'the Flood', referring to a great deluge.
- vidas
- Noun meaning 'lives' (plural of 'vida').
- traçou
- Past tense of 'traçar', meaning 'traced' or 'drew up'.
- genealogia
- Noun meaning 'genealogy' or 'family lineage'.
- seus
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'their'.
- descendentes
- Noun meaning 'descendants' or 'offspring'.
- tentou
- Past tense of 'tentar', meaning 'tried' or 'attempted'.
- calcular
- Infinitive meaning 'to calculate' or 'to estimate'.
- há
- Verb form meaning 'there is/are' or 'ago'.
- quantos
- Interrogative meaning 'how many'.
- anos
- Noun meaning 'years'.
- haviam
- Past perfect auxiliary of 'haver', meaning 'had'.
- ocorrido
- Past participle of 'ocorrer', meaning 'occurred' or 'happened'.
- eventos
- Noun meaning 'events' or 'occurrences'.
- quais
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'whom' (plural).
- falava
- Imperfect tense of 'falar', meaning 'was speaking about'.
- fornecer
- Infinitive meaning 'to provide' or 'to supply'.
- datas
- Noun meaning 'dates' (calendar references).
- Então
- Adverb meaning 'then' or 'at that point'.
- sacerdotes
- Noun meaning 'priests' (plural of 'sacerdote').
- era
- Imperfect tense of 'ser', meaning 'was'.
- idade
- Noun meaning 'age' referring to a person's years.
- muito
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'very' or 'much'.
- avançada
- Adjective meaning 'advanced' (as in advanced age).
- disse
- Past tense of 'dizer', meaning 'said'.
- Ó
- Exclamation meaning 'O' or 'Oh', used in direct address.
- vós
- Second-person plural pronoun meaning 'you all'.
- Helenos
- Noun meaning 'Hellenes' or 'Greeks'.
- sois
- Second-person plural of 'ser', meaning 'you are'.
- crianças
- Noun meaning 'children'.
- nunca
- Adverb meaning 'never'.
- homem
- Noun meaning 'man'.
- velho
- Adjective meaning 'old' (referring to a person).
- seja
- Subjunctive of 'ser', meaning 'may be' or 'is'.
- Heleno
- Noun meaning 'a Greek' or 'Hellene'.
- ouvir
- Infinitive meaning 'to hear' or 'to listen'.
- isso
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'that'.
- quer
- Verb meaning 'wants' or 'means' (third-person singular).
- dizer
- Infinitive meaning 'to say' or 'to mean'.
- Quero
- First-person singular of 'querer', meaning 'I want'.
- respondeu
- Past tense of 'responder', meaning 'replied' or 'answered'.
- espírito
- Noun meaning 'spirit' or 'mind'.
- todos
- Adjective or pronoun meaning 'all' or 'everyone'.
- jovens
- Adjective or noun meaning 'young' or 'young people'.
- nenhuma
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'no' or 'none' (feminine).
- opinião
- Noun meaning 'opinion' or 'view'.
- antiga
- Adjective meaning 'ancient' or 'old' (feminine singular).
- transmitida
- Past participle of 'transmitir', meaning 'transmitted' or 'passed down'.
- entre
- Preposition meaning 'among' or 'between'.
- pela
- Contraction of 'por' and 'a', meaning 'by the' or 'through the'.
- tradição
- Noun meaning 'tradition' or 'inherited custom'.
- ancestral
- Adjective meaning 'ancestral' or 'of the ancestors'.
- nem
- Conjunction meaning 'nor' or 'neither'.
- ciência
- Noun meaning 'knowledge' or 'science'.
- envelhecida
- Past participle of 'envelhecer', meaning 'aged' or 'grown old'.
- pelo
- Contraction of 'por' and 'o', meaning 'by the' or 'through the'.
- tempo
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'.
- vou
- First-person singular of 'ir', meaning 'I am going to'.
- dizer-vos
- Infinitive with clitic meaning 'to tell you all'.
- razão
- Noun meaning 'reason' or 'rationale'.
- disso
- Contraction of 'de' and 'isso', meaning 'of that'.
- tem
- Third-person singular of 'ter', meaning 'has' or 'there has been'.
- havido
- Past participle of 'haver', meaning 'been' or 'occurred'.
- haverá
- Future tense of 'haver', meaning 'there will be'.
- novamente
- Adverb meaning 'again' or 'once more'.
- muitas
- Adjective meaning 'many' (feminine plural).
- destruições
- Noun meaning 'destructions' or 'catastrophic events'.
- humanidade
- Noun meaning 'humanity' or 'humankind'.
- surgidas
- Past participle of 'surgir', meaning 'arisen' or 'emerged'.
- causas
- Noun meaning 'causes' or 'reasons'.
- Há
- Verb form meaning 'there is' or 'there exists'.
- história
- Noun meaning 'story' or 'history'.
- até
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'until' or 'even'.
- preservastes
- Second-person plural past of 'preservar', meaning 'you preserved'.
- vez
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'instance' (as in 'once').
- filho
- Noun meaning 'son' or 'child'.
- tendo
- Gerund of 'ter', meaning 'having'.
- atrelado
- Past participle of 'atrelar', meaning 'harnessed' or 'hitched'.
- corcéis
- Noun meaning 'steeds' or 'horses' (poetic/archaic plural).
- carruagem
- Noun meaning 'carriage' or 'chariot'.
- seu
- Possessive pronoun meaning 'his', 'her', or 'your'.
- pai
- Noun meaning 'father'.
- por
- Preposition meaning 'for', 'by', or 'because of'.
- ser
- Infinitive meaning 'to be'.
- capaz
- Adjective meaning 'capable' or 'able'.
- conduzi-los
- Infinitive with clitic meaning 'to drive them' or 'to guide them'.
- caminho
- Noun meaning 'path' or 'road' or 'way'.
- queimou
- Past tense of 'queimar', meaning 'burned' or 'scorched'.
- tudo
- Pronoun meaning 'everything' or 'all'.
- havia
- Imperfect of 'haver', meaning 'there was' or 'had'.
- terra
- Noun meaning 'earth', 'land', or 'ground'.
- foi
- Past tense of 'ser' or 'ir', meaning 'was' or 'went'.
- próprio
- Adjective meaning 'own' or 'himself'.
- destruído
- Past participle of 'destruir', meaning 'destroyed'.
- raio
- Noun meaning 'lightning bolt' or 'thunderbolt'.
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