1. Homer, Iliad, 2.485-2.486 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
| 2.485. /for ye are goddesses and are at hand and know all things, whereas we hear but a rumour and know not anything—who were the captains of the Danaans and their lords. But the common folk I could not tell nor name, nay, not though ten tongues were mine and ten mouths 2.486. /for ye are goddesses and are at hand and know all things, whereas we hear but a rumour and know not anything—who were the captains of the Danaans and their lords. But the common folk I could not tell nor name, nay, not though ten tongues were mine and ten mouths |
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2. Ovid, Epistulae (Heroides), 16.179-16.182 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)
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3. Silius Italicus, Punica, 11.270-11.300, 11.386-11.425, 13.100, 15.46-15.52, 15.109-15.112, 15.119-15.120 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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4. Valerius Flaccus Gaius, Argonautica, 2.651-2.654
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5. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.437, 1.657, 1.725-1.730, 4.2, 4.66, 4.77, 4.87-4.89, 4.101, 4.193, 4.260-4.265, 6.179, 7.646
| 1.437. Over her lovely shoulders was a bow 1.657. in night's first watch burst o'er them unawares 1.725. had brought them hither; for a chosen few 1.726. from every ship had come to sue for grace 1.729. and leave to speak, revered Ilioneus 1.730. with soul serene these lowly words essayed: 4.2. of love; and out of every pulsing vein 4.66. and what imperial city shall be thine 4.77. a doubting mind with hope, and bade the blush 4.87. of the white heifer; or on temple floors 4.88. he strode among the richly laden shrines 4.89. the eyes of gods upon her, worshipping 4.101. through Cretan forest rashly wandering 4.193. and fiercely champs the foam-flecked bridle-rein. 4.260. an equal number of vociferous tongues 4.261. foul, whispering lips, and ears, that catch at all. 4.262. At night she spreads midway 'twixt earth and heaven 4.263. her pinions in the darkness, hissing loud 4.264. nor e'er to happy slumber gives her eyes: 4.265. but with the morn she takes her watchful throne 6.179. Cocytus circles through the sightless gloom. 7.646. come back unguided to their friendly door |
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6. Vergil, Georgics, 2.156-2.157, 4.208-4.209
| 2.156. Or berries of acanthus ever green? 2.157. of Aethiop forests hoar with downy wool 4.208. And sticky gum oozed from the bark of trees 4.209. Then set the clinging wax to hang therefrom. |
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