LSP - 14a : A translation
Herculēs in Graeciā habitat. Hercules lives in Greece. Alcmēna est māter. Alcmena is [his] mother. Herculēs est infāns validissimus. Hercules is an extremely strong infant. Iūnō est dea. Juno is a goddess. Iūnō in Olympō habitat. Juno lives in Olympus. Alcmēnam nōn amat. She does not love Alcmena. Herculem, infantem validissimum, necāre vult. She wants to kill Hercules, an extremely strong infant. serpentem saevissimum mittit. She sends an extremely strong snake. serpens in cubiculum venit. The snake comes in the room. Herculēs in cubiculō cum fratre dormit. Hercules is sleeping with him brother. Herculēs et Īphiclēs nōn in cūnīs dormiunt. Hercules and Iphicles are not sleeping in a cradle. in scūtō magnō cubant. They are lying in a big shield. serpens appropinquat et scutum movet. The snake approaches and moves the shield. serpens fratrēs ē somnō excitat. The snake rouses the brothers from sleep. Īphiclēs exclamat. Iphicles cries out. Herculēs, infāns validissimus, serpentem prehendit et comprimit. Hercules, an extremely strong infant, seizes and crushes the snake. serptentem interficit. He kills the snake. Alcmēna, māter, infāntes audit. Alcmena, [his] mother, hears the infants.