Baucis & Philemon - Lines 1-11 - Jupiter and Mercury arrive at the cottage of Baucis and Philemon

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For my GCSE revision, from OCR Latin Literature GCSE exam, option b?

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Iuppiter huc specie mortali cumque parente venit Atlantiades positis caducifer alis.

Jupiter came here in human form and, with his father, (came) the wand-bearing descendant of Atlas, having set aside his wings.

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millle domos adiere locum requiemque petentes, mille domos clausere serae.

They approached a thousand houses, seeking a place to rest: bars shut a thousand houses.

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tamen una recepit, parva quidem stipulis et canna tecta palustri,

However, one received (them), a small (one), it is true, covered with stalks and marshy reeds,

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sed pia Baucis anus parilique aetate Philemon illa sunt annis iuncti iuvenalibus, illa consenuere, casa paupertatemque fatendo effecere levem nec inqua mente ferendo

but the dutiful old woman Baucis, and Philemon of similar age, were united in their young years in that cottage, grew old in that cottage, and, by acknowledging their poverty, and bearing it with a not unfair mind, made it unimportant.

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nec refert, dominos illic famulosne requires: tota domus duo sunt, idem parentque iubentque.

And it does not matter whether you look for the masters or servants there: the two are the whole house, the same (people) obey and order.