TR3.722 “Ŏ Jóve ĕk, fór thĕ lóve ŏf fáire Ĕurópĕ,
TR3.723 Thĕ whích ĭn fórme ŏf bóle ăwéy thŏw féttĕ,
TR3.724 Nŏw hélp! Ŏ Márs, thŏw wíth thĭ blódy̆ cópĕ,
TR3.725 Fŏr lóve ŏf Cíprĭs, thów mĕ nóught nĕ léttĕ!
TR3.726 Ŏ Phébŭs, thýnk whăn Dáne hĭresélvĕn shéttĕ
TR3.727 Úndĕr thĕ bárk, ănd láurĕr wáx fŏr drédĕ;
TR3.728 Yĕt fór hĭre lóve, Ŏ hélp nŏw át thĭs nédĕ!

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): O help now Jove, too, for the love of fair Europa, whom you carried off in the form of a bull! O Mars, you with your bloody cloak, for the love of Cyprian Venus, don’t you hinder me! O Phoebus, think of how Daphne shut herself under the bark and out of fear turned into a laurel tree — yet, for love of her, O help me now at this time of need!
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): ああユーピテルよ、貴方が雄牛の姿となって連れ去った美しいエウロペの愛にかけて、今こそ助けたまえ。おお血染めの衣を着たマールスよ、シプリスの愛にかけて、おれを妨げないでください。おおフォイボスよ、ダプネーが恐怖のあまり、樹皮の裏に身を閉じて、月桂樹になった時のことをお考えください。だがダプネーの愛にかけて、ああ今この難局に当たってお助けを。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 啊，穹父，你为了爱欧罗巴，变成牡牛，将她掳走，现在我求你援助；啊，马尔斯，披着染血的斗篷，你也会爱过西帕丽，愿你勿阻止我；啊，费白斯，愿你记取丹弗妮躲进了树皮，惊懼得变成了桂树，为了她的爱，求你此刻助我！

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

beautiful, handsome, attractive

Comments from the Editor

Jupiter is transformed into a white bull, which is rare, and is then carried off to Europa. Refer to Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.847–75. See also my comment of ‘blodi’ (adj., Tr3.724).