Orpheus poeta feras etiam cantu suo domabat atque magna saxa lyrae suavitate movebat.

[SpeedPocok5]

Orpheus poeta feras etiam cantu suo domabat atque magna saxa lyrae suavitate movebat.


is it normal that in this sentence the "magna saxa lyrae" goes with no "et"?

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Atque means the same as et.

 

[SpeedPocok5]

Atque means the same as et.

but it's not the same "et" I mean, between saxa and lyrae I think that needs an "et".

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Are you thinking that lyrae is a direct object parallel with magna saxa? It isn't. The ending should tell you that.

 

[SpeedPocok5]

Are you thinking that lyrae is a direct object parallel with magna saxa? It isn't. The ending should tell you that.

I don't get what it could mean, so the first part, I understand it, but the second one:
"atque magna saxa lyrae suavitate movebat".

something like that: "and moves the big stones and the lyres sweetly".

 

[Dantius]

No, "and he moved big stones with the sweetness of the lyre".

suavitas is a noun, not an adverb.