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19 Cards in this Set
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Olim erat nympha pulchra.
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful nymph.
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Nomen nympha erat Syringa.
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The name of the nympha was Syrinx.
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In Arcadia Habitabat.
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She lived in Arcadia.
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Centum dei et satyri Syringam amabant, sed Syringa eos non amabat.
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A hundred Gods and satyrs loved Syrinx, but Syrinx did not love them.
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Quamquam Syringa nymphas ceteras et deam Diana mamabat tamen deos satyrosque fugitabat.
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Despite this the other nymphs and Diana loved Syrinx, nevertheless the gods and satyrs fled.
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Se in silva umbrosa et densa celabat.
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They hid in the shady and dense forest.
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Syringa dixit, “Dianae vitam meam devovebo. Nullus vir, nullus deus me habebat”
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Syrinx said, “Diane I will devote my life to you. I will have no man or not god for me.
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Deus Panautem, dum in silva errat, Syringam videt et statim eam amat.
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The God Pan, however while wandering in the forest, saw Syrinx and immediately fell in love with her.
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Pan dixit, “Aeterum te amabo.”
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Pan said, “I will love you forever.”
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Syringa autem dixit, “Aeternum nympha Diana ero."
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But Syrinx said, “I shall be a nympha of Diana’s forever.”
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Deinde nympha misera trans agros et per silvas,celeriter fugitat donec ripam undarum spectat.
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Quickly, the wretched nymph crosses the fields and through theforests, quickly she fled until she saw the stream by the river bank.
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Undae fugam prohibebant.
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The stream prevented her from fleeing.
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Syringa auxilium nymphas sic orat, “Formam meam mutate, nymphae benignae.”
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Syrinx called for the nymphs to help thus, “Change my form, nymphs be kind.”
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Nymphae eam in papyrus in ripa mutant.
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The nymphs changed her into a reed on the river bank.
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Pan autem putat se Syringam in bracchiis tenere; in bracchiis non eam sed papyrus habetat.
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But pan thought to himself to possess Syrinx’s limb; he would not have her arm but a reed.
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Dummiser Pan suspirat trans papyrus, papyri sonum querellae dant.
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However miserable Pan breathed through the reed, the reeds gave the sound of his complaints.
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Denique Pan dixit, “Tecum concilium habebo. Syringa manebit.
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Finally Pan said, “I will have union with you. Syrinx will remain forever.
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Et cera septem papyrus coniungit.
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And seven reeds of wax are united.
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Ita Pan fistulam format, et fistulae nomen Syringam dat.
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Thus Pan formed reeds and the and the reeds were given the name of Syrinx.
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