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Hyginus, chapter 30, section 1

Title to the whole chapter:

HERCULIS ATHLA DUODECIM AB EURYSTHEO IMPERATA

   

Capitoline Museum, Inv. Scu. 247
1 Infans cum esset, dracones duos duabus manibus necauit, quos Iuno miserat, unde primigenius est dictus.

Glosses and notes

duabus irregular form of duo, duae, ,duo, “two”: fem.abl.pl.

unde a subordinating conjunction, “from where” (“whence” in Victorian lexicon speak!)

Syntactic analysis

Infans cum esset,

dracones duos duabus manibus necauit,

quos Iuno miserat,

unde primigenius est dictus


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