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Lucan, Pharsalia, 6.536


nanWhich penetrates the furthest depths of airs Compelling e'en th' unwilling deities To hearken to its accents. Not the care Of the revolving sky or starry pole Can call them from it ever. Once the sound Of those dread tones unspeakable has reached The constellations, then nor BabylonNor secret Memphis, though they open wide The shrines of ancient magic and entreat The gods, could draw them from the fires that smoke


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1. Plautus, Amphitruo, 1044, 1043 (3rd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)

2. Cicero, Pro Archia, 22 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

22. carus fuit Africano superiori noster Ennius, itaque etiam in sepulcro Scipionum putatur is esse constitutus ex marmore. at eis ex marmore. At iis Fascitellus : et marmoratis codd. : ex marmore; cuius Mommsen laudibus certe non solum ipse qui laudatur ipse ... laudatur GEeab2 : ipsi ... laudantur (-atur p ) cett. sed etiam populi Romani nomen ornatur. in caelum huius proavus Cato tollitur; magnus honos populi Romani rebus adiungitur. omnes denique illi maximi, Marcelli, Fulvii non sine communi omnium nostrum laude decorantur. ergo illum qui haec fecerat, Rudinum Rudinum Schol., A. Augustinus : rudem tum (tu Ee : tamen ς gp ς ) codd. hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt; nos hunc Heracliensem multis a multis Lambinus civitatibus expetitum, in hac autem legibus constitutum de nostra civitate eiciamus eiciamus G : eiecimus e : eiciemus cett. ?
3. Horace, Epodes, 5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.116-1.118 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Ovid, Amores, 1.15.19-1.15.30, 3.7.27 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

6. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.840 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

7. Lucan, Pharsalia, 2.85, 2.103-2.104, 2.114-2.116, 2.142-2.144, 2.152-2.153, 2.159, 2.169-2.193, 2.221-2.222, 6.413-6.535, 6.537-6.830, 7.770-7.776, 8.755 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

8. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 30.7 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

9. Seneca The Younger, Medea, 800 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Seneca The Younger, Oedipus, 531-626, 530 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

11. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 2.28-2.30 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

12. Papyri, Papyri Graecae Magicae, 4.1928-4.2144 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

13. Ammianus Marcellinus, History, 19.12.14 (4th cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

19.12.14. For if anyone wore on his neck an amulet against the quartan ague or any other complaint, or was accused by the testimony of the evil-disposed of passing by a grave in the evening, on the ground that he was a dealer in poisons, or a gatherer of the horrors of tombs and the vain illusions of the ghosts that walk there, he was condemned to capital punishment and so perished.
14. Vergil, Aeneis, 8.184-8.275

8.184. The sire and builder of the Trojan town 8.185. was Dardanus; but he, Electra's child 8.186. came over sea to Teucria; the sire 8.187. of fair Electra was great Atlas, he 8.188. whose shoulder carries the vast orb of heaven. 8.189. But thy progenitor was Mercury 8.190. and him conceiving, Maia, that white maid 8.191. on hoar Cyllene's frosty summit bore. 8.192. But Maia's sire, if aught of truth be told 8.193. was Atlas also, Atlas who sustains 8.194. the weight of starry skies. Thus both our tribes 8.195. are one divided stem. Secure in this 8.196. no envoys have I sent, nor tried thy mind 8.197. with artful first approaches, but myself 8.198. risking my person and my life, have come 8.199. a suppliant here. For both on me and thee 8.200. the house of Daunus hurls insulting war. 8.201. If us they quell, they doubt not to obtain 8.202. lordship of all Hesperia, and subdue 8.203. alike the northern and the southern sea. 8.204. Accept good faith, and give! Behold, our hearts 8.205. quail not in battle; souls of fire are we 8.207. Aeneas ceased. The other long had scanned 8.208. the hero's face, his eyes, and wondering viewed 8.209. his form and mien divine; in answer now 8.210. he briefly spoke: “With hospitable heart 8.211. O bravest warrior of all Trojan-born 8.212. I know and welcome thee. I well recall 8.213. thy sire Anchises, how he looked and spake. 8.214. For I remember Priam, when he came 8.215. to greet his sister, Queen Hesione 8.216. in Salamis, and thence pursued his way 8.217. to our cool uplands of Arcadia . 8.218. The bloom of tender boyhood then was mine 8.219. and with a wide-eyed wonder I did view 8.220. those Teucrian lords, Laomedon's great heir 8.221. and, towering highest in their goodly throng 8.222. Anchises, whom my warm young heart desired 8.223. to speak with and to clasp his hand in mine. 8.224. So I approached, and joyful led him home 8.225. to Pheneus' olden wall. He gave me gifts 8.226. the day he bade adieu; a quiver rare 8.227. filled with good Lycian arrows, a rich cloak 8.228. inwove with thread of gold, and bridle reins 8.229. all golden, now to youthful Pallas given. 8.230. Therefore thy plea is granted, and my hand 8.231. here clasps in loyal amity with thine. 8.232. To-morrow at the sunrise thou shalt have 8.233. my tribute for the war, and go thy way 8.234. my glad ally. But now this festival 8.235. whose solemn rite 't were impious to delay 8.236. I pray thee celebrate, and bring with thee 8.237. well-omened looks and words. Allies we are! 8.239. So saying, he bade his followers renew 8.240. th' abandoned feast and wine; and placed each guest 8.241. on turf-built couch of green, most honoring 8.242. Aeneas by a throne of maple fair 8.243. decked with a lion's pelt and flowing mane. 8.244. Then high-born pages, with the altar's priest 8.245. bring on the roasted beeves and load the board 8.246. with baskets of fine bread; and wine they bring — 8.247. of Ceres and of Bacchus gift and toil. 8.248. While good Aeneas and his Trojans share 8.250. When hunger and its eager edge were gone 8.251. Evander spoke: “This votive holiday 8.252. yon tables spread and altar so divine 8.253. are not some superstition dark and vain 8.254. that knows not the old gods, O Trojan King! 8.255. But as men saved from danger and great fear 8.256. this thankful sacrifice we pay. Behold 8.257. yon huge rock, beetling from the mountain wall 8.258. hung from the cliff above. How lone and bare 8.259. the hollowed mountain looks! How crag on crag 8.260. tumbled and tossed in huge confusion lie! 8.261. A cavern once it was, which ran deep down 8.262. into the darkness. There th' half-human shape 8.263. of Cacus made its hideous den, concealed 8.264. from sunlight and the day. The ground was wet 8.265. at all times with fresh gore; the portal grim 8.266. was hung about with heads of slaughtered men 8.267. bloody and pale—a fearsome sight to see. 8.268. Vulcan begat this monster, which spewed forth 8.269. dark-fuming flames from his infernal throat 8.270. and vast his stature seemed. But time and tide 8.271. brought to our prayers the advent of a god 8.272. to help us at our need. For Hercules 8.273. divine avenger, came from laying low 8.274. three-bodied Geryon, whose spoils he wore 8.275. exultant, and with hands victorious drove


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ammianus marcellinus Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
anchoring allusions Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
anxiety Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
apollo Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
apuleius,lucius Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
chersonese Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
clodius Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
criminality Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
crocodile tears,murder of Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 127
curse tablets Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
curses Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
daemonology Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
decapitation,chapter,embalming of heads' Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 127
diomedes the grammarian Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
ennius,model / anti-model for lucan Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
ennius,standing in antiquity Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
erichtho Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272; Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
erictho (thessalian witch) Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
figurines Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
frazer,james Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
freud,s. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 255
freud,sigmund Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
graf,fritz Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
graves Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
homer,standing in rome Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
horace Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
hostels Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
inns Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
julius caesar Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
killing Riess (2012), Performing interpersonal violence: court, curse, and comedy in fourth-century BCE Athens, 226
livius andronicus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
lot divination (see sortition) Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
lucan,his other works,catachthonion Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
lucan,his other works,iliacon Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
lucan Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
lucretius Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
lycanthropy Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
marius gratidianus Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
medea Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
metaphor Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
metapoetic diction,amputo Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
metapoetic diction,spiramen Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
metonymy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
naevius Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
necromancy Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272; Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
night/nighttime,liminal Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
ovid Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
pamphile Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
pharsalus,battle Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 127
pharsalus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
pompey,and pompey strabo Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 126
pompey,funeral rites of Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 126, 127
pompey,sextus Johnston and Struck (2005), Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination, 272
pompey Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
pompey strabo (gnaeus pompeius strabo) Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 126
pompilius Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 16
puppy Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
repetition Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
rhetoric Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
robbers Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
science Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
seneca,lucius annaeus Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
shelley,m. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 247
shelley,p. b. Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 247
superstition Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84
thessaly Mcclellan (2019), Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola, 127
travel Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248
underworld Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
violence Joseph (2022), Thunder and Lament: Lucan on the Beginnings and Ends of Epic, 64
virgil Luck (2006), Arcana mundi: magic and the occult in the Greek and Roman worlds: a collection of ancient texts, 246
witches Edmonds (2019), Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World, 84; Ker and Wessels (2020), The Values of Nighttime in Classical Antiquity: Between Dusk and Dawn, 248