1. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 77| 1.1. Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, | 1.1. BOOK I: PROEM: Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And fruitful lands- for all of living things Through thee alone are evermore conceived, Through thee are risen to visit the great sun- Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on, Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away, For thee the daedal Earth bears scented flowers, For thee waters of the unvexed deep Smile, and the hollows of the serene sky Glow with diffused radiance for thee! For soon as comes the springtime face of day, And procreant gales blow from the West unbarred, First fowls of air, smit to the heart by thee, Foretoken thy approach, O thou Divine, And leap the wild herds round the happy fields Or swim the bounding torrents. Thus amain, Seized with the spell, all creatures follow thee Whithersoever thou walkest forth to lead, And thence through seas and mountains and swift streams, Through leafy homes of birds and greening plains, Kindling the lure of love in every breast, Thou bringest the eternal generations forth, Kind after kind. And since 'tis thou alone Guidest the Cosmos, and without thee naught Is risen to reach the shining shores of light, Nor aught of joyful or of lovely born, Thee do I crave co-partner in that verse Which I presume on Nature to compose For Memmius mine, whom thou hast willed to be Peerless in every grace at every hour- Wherefore indeed, Divine one, give my words Immortal charm. Lull to a timely rest O'er sea and land the savage works of war, For thou alone hast power with public peace To aid mortality; since he who rules The savage works of battle, puissant Mars, How often to thy bosom flings his strength O'ermastered by the eternal wound of love- And there, with eyes and full throat backward thrown, Gazing, my Goddess, open-mouthed at thee, Pastures on love his greedy sight, his breath Hanging upon thy lips. Him thus reclined Fill with thy holy body, round, above! Pour from those lips soft syllables to win Peace for the Romans, glorious Lady, peace! For in a season troublous to the state Neither may I attend this task of mine With thought untroubled, nor mid such events The illustrious scion of the Memmian house Neglect the civic cause. |
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| 2. Ovid, Ars Amatoria, 3.482 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 203 |
| 3. Ovid, Epistulae (Heroides), 3.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 203 |
4. Ovid, Fasti, 1.39-1.40, 2.684, 4.57 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 77| 1.39. Martis erat primus mensis, Venerisque secundus: 1.40. haec generis princeps, ipsius ille pater, 2.684. Romanae spatium est urbis et orbis idem. 24. G REGIF — N 4.57. ille suos semper Venerem Martemque parentes | 1.39. Mars’ month, March, was the first, and Venus’ April second: 1.40. She was the mother of the race, and he its father. 2.684. The extent of the City of Rome and the world is one. 4.57. You always claimed your parents were Mars and Venus, |
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| 5. Ovid, Tristia, 1.1.117-1.1.120 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 15 |
| 6. Rutilius Namatianus Claudius, Itinerarium, 1.63-1.68 Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 77 |
| 7. Venantius Fortunatus, App., 1.31, 3.4, 3.17-3.18, 3.35-3.39 Tagged with subjects: •farrell, joseph Found in books: Fielding, Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity (2017) 203 |
