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1. Le sortilège de Médée rapporté par la nourrice (670-739)a. Le début du récit : les serpents terrestrespauet animus, horret: magna pernicies adest.                                                                      ia3immane quantum augescit et semet doloraccendit ipse uimque praeteritam integrat.uidi furentem saepe et aggressam deos,caelum trahentem: maius his, maius paratMedea monstrum. namque ut attonito gradu                                                                       675euasit et penetrale funestum attigit,totas opes effundit et quidquid diuetiam ipsa timuit promit atque omnem explicatturbam malorum, arcana secreta abdita,et triste laeua comprecans sacrum manu                                                                              680pestes uocat quascumque feruentis creatharena Libyae quasque perpetua niueTaurus coercet frigore Arctoo rigens,et omne monstrum. tracta magicis cantibussquamifera latebris turba desertis adest.                                                                              685hic saeua serpens corpus immensum trahittrifidamque linguam exertat et quaerit quibusmortifera ueniat: carmine audito stupettumidumque nodis corpus aggestis plicatcogitque in orbes.674 cf. 50 maiora iam me scelera… decent680 comprecans E P.Mich. inv. 4969 frg. 36 : comparans Buechelerb. Le discours direct de Médée : les serpents mythiques“parua sunt – inquit – mala                                                                     690et uile telum est, ima quod tellus creat:caelo petam uenena. iam iam tempus estaliquid mouere fraude uulgari altius.huc ille uasti more torrentis patens  descendat anguis, cuius immensos duae,                                                                             695maior minorque, sentiunt nodos ferae(maior Pelasgis apta, Sidoniis minor),pressasque tandem soluat Ophiuchus manusuirusque fundat; adsit ad cantus meoslacessere ausus gemina Python numina,                                                                              700et Hydra et omnis redeat Herculea manusuccisa serpens caede se reparans sua.tu quoque relictis peruigil Colchis ades,sopite primum cantibus, serpens, meis”.                                                                              705694-697 la constellation du Dragon, cf.Aratos Phaen. 45-48 τὰς δὲ δι' ἀμφοτέρας οἵη ποταμοῖο ἀπορρὼξ | εἰλεῖται, μέγα θαῦμα, &#60;Δράκων&#62;, περί τ' ἀμφί τ' ἐαγὼς | μυρίος· αἱ δ' ἄρα οἱ σπείρης ἑκάτερθε φέρονται | Ἄρκτοι, κυανέου πεφυλαγμέναι ὠκεανοῖοCicéron Arat. frg. viii Soubiran has inter, ueluti rapido cum gurgite flumen, | toruu’ Draco serpit supter superaque reuoluens | sese, conficiensque sinus e corpore flexosGermanicus Arat. 48-50 has inter medias abrupti fluminis instar | immanis Serpens sinuosa uolumina torquet | hinc atque hinc supraque illas (mirabile monstrum)705 sopite cf.Ennius scaen. 274-275 V.2, cf. p. 350 J. = TrRF I adesp. 136 ap. Char. 372,21-24 et 374,4-7 B. non commemoro quod draconis saeui sopiui impetumOvide her. 12,171 potui sopire draconem, met. 7,149 peruigilem superest herbis sopire draconem ; 7,213 custodemque rudem somni sopistis.c. Le catalogue des plantes vénéneuses: une géographie « globale »postquam euocauit omne serpentum genus,congerit in unum frugis infaustae mala:quaecumque generat inuius saxis Eryx,quae fert opertis hieme perpetua iugissparsus cruore Caucasus Promethei,et quis sagittas diuites Arabes linunt                                                                                    711pharetraque pugnax Medus aut Parthi leues,                                                                       710aut quos sub axe frigido sucos legunt                                                                                  712lucis Suebae nobiles Hercyniis;quodcumque tellus uere nidifico creataut rigida cum iam bruma decussit decus                                                                            715nemorum et niuali cuncta constrinxit gelu,quodcumque gramen flore mortifero uiret,dirusue tortis sucus in radicibuscausas nocendi gignit, attrectat manu.Haemonius illas contulit pestes Athos,                                                                                720has Pindus ingens, illa Pangaei iugisteneram cruenta falce deposuit comam;  has aluit altum gurgitem Tigris premens,Danuuius illas, has per arentis plagastepidis Hydaspes gemmifer currens aquis,                                                                           725nomenque terris qui dedit Baetis suisHesperia pulsans maria languenti uado.haec passa ferrum est, dum parat Phoebus diem,illius alta nocte succisus frutex;at huius ungue secta cantato seges.                                                                                      730710 post 711 transp. Gronovius713 Hercyniis Avantius : Hyrcaniis EACf. le catalogue des plantes issues de la Grèce pour le rajeunissement d'ÉsonOvide met. 7,222-233sublimis rapitur subiectaque Thessala Tempe despicit et certis regionibus adplicat angues: et quas Ossa tulit, quas altum Pelion herbas, Othrysque Pindusque et Pindo maior Olympus, perspicit et placitas partim radice reuellit, partim succidit curuamine falcis aenae. multa quoque Apidani placuerunt gramina ripis, multa quoque Amphrysi, neque eras inmunis, Enipeu; nec non Peneos nec non Spercheides undae contribuere aliquid iuncosaque litora Boebes; carpsit et Euboica uiuax Anthedone gramen, nondum mutato uulgatum corpore Glauci.d. La préparation du philtremortifera carpit gramina ac serpentiumsaniem exprimit miscetque et obscenas auesmaestique cor bubonis et raucae strigisexsecta uiuae uiscera. haec scelerum artifexdiscreta ponit: his rapax uis ignium,                                                                                    735his gelida pigri frigoris glacies inest.addit uenenis uerba non illis minusmetuenda. sonuit ecce uesano graducanitque. mundus uocibus primis tremit.2. Le rite de Médée en l'honneur d'Hécate (740-842)a. Appel des divinités et des habitants des Enferscomprecor uulgus silentum uosque ferales deos                                                                  tr4cet Chaos caecum atque opacam Ditis umbrosi domum,Tartari ripis ligatos squalidae Mortis specus.supplicis, animae, remissis currite ad thalamos nouos:rota resistat membra torquens, tangat Ixion humum,Tantalus securus undas hauriat Pirenidas,                                                                           745grauior uni poena sedeat coniugis socero meilubricus per saxa retro Sisyphum uoluat lapis.  uos quoque, urnis quas foratis inritus ludit labor,Danaides, coite: uestras hic dies quaerit manus. – nunc meis uocata sacris, noctium sidus, ueni                                                                      750pessimos induta uultus, fronte non una minax.740 comprecor cf. 680741 Chaos cf. 9 noctis aeternae chaos750 noctium sidus (i.e. Hecate) cf. 7 Hecate triformis Le modèle d'Orphée aux Enfers chez OvideOvide met. 10,40-44 talia dicentem neruosque ad uerba mouentem exsangues flebant animae; nec Tantalus undam captauit refugam, stupuitque Ixionis orbis, nec carpsere iecur uolucres, urnisque uacarunt Belides, inque tuo sedisti, Sisyphe, saxo.b. Le catalogue des bouleversements naturels produits par Médéetibi more gentis uinculo soluens comam                                                                              ia3secreta nudo nemora lustraui pedeet euocaui nubibus siccis aquas                                                                                            755egique ad imum maria, et Oceanus grauesinterius undas aestibus uictis dedit,pariterque mundus lege confusa aetheriset solem et astra uidit et uetitum maretetigistis, ursae. temporum flexi uices:aestiua tellus floruit cantu meo,                                                                                           760coacta messem uidit hibernam Ceres;uiolenta Phasis uertit in fontem uadaet Hister, in tot ora diuisus, trucescompressit undas omnibus ripis piger;sonuere fluctus, tumuit insanum mare                                                                                 765tacente uento; nemoris antiqui domusamisit umbras uocis imperio meae.die relicto Phoebus in medio stetit,Hyadesque nostris cantibus motae labant:adesse sacris tempus est, Phoebe, tuis.                                                                                770753-754 cf. Ovide met. 7,183 nuda pedem, nudos umeris infusa capillos. Cf. le catalogue des bouleversements naturels évoqué pour le rite de rajeunissement d'ÉsonOvide met. 7,199-208quorum ope, cum uolui, ripis mirantibus amnes in fontes rediere suos, concussaque sisto, stantia concutio cantu freta, nubila pello nubilaque induco, uentos abigoque uocoque, uipereas rumpo uerbis et carmine fauces, uiuaque saxa sua conuulsaque robora terra et siluas moueo iubeoque tremescere montis et mugire solum manesque exire sepulcris! te quoque, Luna, traho, quamuis Temesaea labores aera tuos minuant; currus quoque carmine nostro pallet aui, pallet nostris Aurora uenenis!c. Le catalogue des offrandes pour Hécate, suivi des signes de la faveur de la déessetibi haec cruenta serta texuntur manu,                                                                             ia3+ia2    nouena quae serpens ligat,tibi haec Typhoeus membra quae discors tulit,    qui regna concussit Iouis.uectoris istic perfidi sanguis inest,                                                                                       775    quem Nessus expirans dedit.  Oetaeus isto cinere defecit rogus,    qui uirus Herculeum bibit.piae sororis, impiae matris, facem    ultricis Althaeae uides.                                                                                                     780reliquit istas inuio plumas specu    Harpyia, dum Zeten fugit.his adice pinnas sauciae Stymphalidos    Lernaea passae spicula. – sonuistis, arae, tripodas agnosco meos                                                                                 785    fauente commotos dea.775-778 sur Hercule cf. 634-642779-780 sur Méléagre cf. 643-646781-782 sur Zétès cf. 634d. Le sommet de la cérémonie  uideo Triuiae currus agiles,                                                                                                an2non quos pleno lucida uultu    pernox agitat,sed quos facie lurida maesta,                                                                                               790cum Thessalicis uexata miniscaelum freno propiore legit.sic face tristem pallida lucem    funde per auras,                                                                                                                793horrore nouo terre populosinque auxilium, Dictynna, tuum                                                                                           795pretiosa sonent aera Corinthi.tibi sanguineo caespite sacrum    sollemne damus,tibi de medio rapta sepulcrofax nocturnos sustulit ignes,                                                                                                 800tibi mota caput flexa uoces    ceruice dedi,                                                                                                                     801tibi funereo de more iacenspassos cingit uitta capillos,tibi iactatur tristis Stygia    ramus ab unda,                                                                                                                 805tibi nudato pectore maenassacro feriam bracchia cultro.manet noster sanguis ad aras:assuesce, manus, stringere ferrumcarosque pati posse cruores –                                                                                               810sacrum laticem percussa dedi.quodsi nimium saepe uocariquereris uotis, ignosce, precor:causa uocandi, Persei, tuos    saepius arcus                                                                                                                    815una atque eadem est semper, Iason.806 maenas cf. 382-386, ainsi qu’Ovide met. 7,258 bacchantum ritu flagrantes circuit aras814 Persei cf. Apollonius de Rhodes 3,467 Περσηί‎e. Les cadeaux nuptiauxtu nunc uestes tinge Creusae,quas cum primum sumpserit, imasurat serpens flamma medullas.ignis fuluo clusus in auro                                                                                                     820latet obscurus, quem mihi caeliqui furta luit uiscere fetodedit et docuit condere uiresarte, Prometheus; dedit et tenuisulphure tectos Mulciber ignes,                                                                                           825et uiuacis fulgura flammaede cognato Phaethonte tuli.habeo mediae dona Chimaerae,habeo flammas usto tauri    gutture raptas,                                                                                                                   830quas permixto felle Medusaetacitum iussi seruare malum.  adde uenenis stimulos, Hecate,donisque meis semina flammae    condita serua:                                                                                                                   834fallant uisus tactusque ferant,                                                                                               835meet in pectus uenasque calor,  stillent artus ossaque fumentuincatque suas flagrante coma    noua nupta faces.  uota tenentur: ter latratus                                                                                                   840819 serpens flamma medullas cf. Virgile Aen. 4,66 est mollis flamma medullas ; Ovide rem. 105 tacitae serpunt in uiscera flammae833 semina flammae cf. Od. 5,490 σπέρμα πυρό ς ; Virgile Aen. 6,6 quaerit pars semina flammae ; Ovide met. 15,347-348 habentem semina flammae | materiam ; cf. aussi semina ignis ap. Lucrèce 4,305 ; 6,160 ; 200-201f. L'assentiment d'Hécateaudax Hecate dedit et sacrosedidit ignes face lucifera.Les fils de Médée (843-848)peracta uis est omnis: huc gnatos uoca,                                                                               ia3pretiosa per quos dona nubenti feram.ite, ite, nati, matris infaustae genus,                                                                                     845placate uobis munere et multa precedominam ac nouercam. uadite et celeres domumreferte gressus, ultimo amplexu ut fruar.846-847 placate … dominam ac nouercam cf. Euripide Med. 970-971 πατρὸς νέαν γυναῖκα, δεσπότιν δ‎ʼ ἐμήν‎, | ἱκετεύετε848 ultimo amplexu cf. 552 ultimum amplexum 