For as often as he was about to send them from the resounding dice-box,
either dice was fleeing from the empty bottom.
And when he dared to send forth the recollected dice,
similar to someone always about to play and always seeking dice,
they deceived his faith: the deceitful dice fled and slipped through
his fingers themselves in continuous slyness.
Thus when now the peaks of the highest mountain are touched,
the weights turn from Sysyphian neck in vain.
Suddenly Gaius Caesar appeared and began to seek Claudius for his servant; he brought forth witnesses, who had seen him being flogged by: whips, canes, and fisticuffs. It was adjudged to Gaius Caesar; Aeacus gave Claudius to him. He gave him over to his freedman Mnander, so that he could be a secretary for hearings.
Well that's all of the Apocolocyntosis, my next post will probably cover some of the Greek I am reading and whatever Latin letters I translate.
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