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Vergil, Eclogues, 4.31-4.35


nancaressing flowers. The serpent too shall die


nandie shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far


nanand wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon


nanas thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame


nanand of thy father's deeds, and inly learn


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1. Catullus, Poems, 64.405-64.406 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Horace, Odes, 3.6.46-3.6.48 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

3. Horace, Epodes, 7.17-7.20 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Livy, History, 1.7 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Sallust, Catiline, 10 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

6. Vergil, Aeneis, 1.55, 1.544-1.545, 8.321-8.332, 9.598-9.620 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.55. knew no surcease, but from her heart of pain 1.544. unto our Tyrian town. Go steadfast on 1.545. and to the royal threshold make thy way! 8.321. reversed his flowing wave. So Cacus' lair 8.322. lay shelterless, and naked to the day 8.323. the gloomy caverns of his vast abode 8.324. tood open, deeply yawning, just as if 8.325. the riven earth should crack, and open wide 8.326. th' infernal world and fearful kingdoms pale 8.327. which gods abhor; and to the realms on high 8.328. the measureless abyss should be laid bare 8.329. and pale ghosts shrink before the entering sun. 8.330. Now upon Cacus, startled by the glare 8.331. caged in the rocks and howling horribly 8.332. Alcides hurled his weapons, raining down 9.598. the bosom white as snow. Euryalus 9.599. ank prone in death; upon his goodly limbs 9.600. the life-blood ran unstopped, and low inclined 9.601. the drooping head; as when some purpled flower 9.602. cut by the ploughshare, dies, or poppies proud 9.603. with stem forlorn their ruined beauty bow 9.604. before the pelting storm. Then Nisus flew 9.605. traight at his foes; but in their throng would find 9.606. Volscens alone, for none but Volscens stayed: 9.607. they gathered thickly round and grappled him 9.608. in shock of steel with steel. But on he plunged 9.609. winging in ceaseless circles round his head 9.610. his lightning-sword, and thrust it through the face 9.611. of shrieking Volscens, with his own last breath 9.612. triking his foeman down; then cast himself 9.613. upon his fallen comrade's breast; and there 9.615. Heroic pair and blest! If aught I sing 9.616. have lasting music, no remotest age 9.617. hall blot your names from honor's storied scroll: 9.618. not while the altars of Aeneas' line 9.619. hall crown the Capitol's unshaken hill 9.620. nor while the Roman Father's hand sustains
7. Vergil, Eclogues, 4.13, 4.18-4.20, 4.28-4.30, 4.32-4.45 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4.13. apollo reigns. And in thy consulate 4.18. hall free the earth from never-ceasing fear. 4.19. He shall receive the life of gods, and see 4.20. heroes with gods commingling, and himself 4.28. their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield 4.29. hall of the monstrous lion have no fear. 4.30. Thy very cradle shall pour forth for thee 4.32. die shall the treacherous poison-plant, and far 4.33. and wide Assyrian spices spring. But soon 4.34. as thou hast skill to read of heroes' fame 4.35. and of thy father's deeds, and inly learn 4.36. what virtue is, the plain by slow degree 4.37. with waving corn-crops shall to golden grow 4.38. from the wild briar shall hang the blushing grape 4.39. and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathle 4.40. yet shall there lurk within of ancient wrong 4.41. ome traces, bidding tempt the deep with ships 4.42. gird towns with walls, with furrows cleave the earth. 4.43. Therewith a second Tiphys shall there be 4.44. her hero-freight a second Argo bear; 4.45. new wars too shall arise, and once again
8. Vergil, Georgics, 1.125-1.128, 1.501-1.502, 2.532-2.540 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.125. Ye husbandmen; in winter's dust the crop 1.126. Exceedingly rejoice, the field hath joy; 1.127. No tilth makes placeName key= 1.128. Nor Gargarus his own harvests so admire. 1.501. Appear the stars' keen edges, nor the moon 1.502. As borrowing of her brother's beams to rise 2.532. Apples, moreover, soon as first they feel 2.533. Their stems wax lusty, and have found their strength 2.534. To heaven climb swiftly, self-impelled, nor crave 2.535. Our succour. All the grove meanwhile no le 2.536. With fruit is swelling, and the wild haunts of bird 2.537. Blush with their blood-red berries. Cytisu 2.538. Is good to browse on, the tall forest yield 2.539. Pine-torches, and the nightly fires are fed 2.540. And shoot forth radiance. And shall men be loath
9. Lucan, Pharsalia, 1.8-1.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10. Valerius Flaccus Gaius, Argonautica, 1.544-1.555, 3.290-3.313, 3.352-3.356, 5.251, 5.624-5.648, 6.323-6.342 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

11. Anon., Marytrdom of Polycarp, 13.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

13.3. 3 Immediately therefore, he was fastened to the instruments which had been prepared for the fire, but when they were going to nail him as well he said: "Leave me thus, for He who gives me power to endure the fire, will grant me to remain in the flames unmoved even without the security you will give by the nails.
12. Lactantius, Divine Institutes, 7.24.9 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)



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aeetes Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
aeneas Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
apollo Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
argo, as first ship Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
augustine, saint, on causes Marmodoro and Prince, Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity (2015) 243
augustine, saint, on will Marmodoro and Prince, Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity (2015) 243
canthus Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
colchis Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
constantine Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
cross Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
curse, in ancient rome Marmodoro and Prince, Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity (2015) 243
cybele Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
cyzicus, nyctomachia in Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
doliones Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
easter Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
eclogues, and land expropriation Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
epic Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
galinsky, karl Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
gaul/gauls Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
gesander Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
gods Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
golden age, and absence of private property Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
golden age, and ideology of patronage Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
golden age, and spontaneous production Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
golden age Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122; Putnam et al., The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae (2023) 243
hippolytus Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122
ideology, as function of art Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
iolcus Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122
iron age Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
jason Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
jesus/christ, second coming Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
jesus/christ Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
jupiter Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
labor, in the golden age Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
lactantius Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
land, expropriation and redistribution of in the eclogues Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
lemnos Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122
mars Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
martyrdom Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
martyrs Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
maxentius Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
numanus remulus Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 134
octavian, and land expropriations Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
orion Putnam et al., The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae (2023) 243
pastoral, and land redistribution Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
patronage, assimilated to pastoral conventions Bowditch, Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination (2001) 140
persecution/persecutions Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
perses Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
piety Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
pleasure/happiness Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
politics Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
polycarp, martyrdom of Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
primitivism Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
rationalism Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
rome/roman Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50
saturn Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122; Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237
sin, penalty of' Marmodoro and Prince, Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity (2015) 243
valerius flaccus, and apollonius rhodius Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
valerius flaccus, and seneca Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122
valerius flaccus, civil war in Augoustakis, Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past (2014) 122, 134
virgil Dijkstra and Raschle, Religious Violence in the Ancient World: From Classical Athens to Late Antiquity (2020) 237; Lehoux et al., Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (2013) 50; Marmodoro and Prince, Causation and Creation in Late Antiquity (2015) 243