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4 results for "orpheus"
1. Homer, Odyssey, 16.216-16.218, 19.518-19.523 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •orpheus and eurydice, philomela and orpheus Found in books: Panoussi(2019) 93
2. Catullus, Poems, 65.12-65.15 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)  Tagged with subjects: •orpheus and eurydice, philomela and orpheus Found in books: Panoussi(2019) 93
3. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.11-10.13 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)  Tagged with subjects: •orpheus and eurydice, philomela and orpheus Found in books: Panoussi(2019) 93
10.11. Quam satis ad superas postquam Rhodopeius auras 10.12. deflevit vates, ne non temptaret et umbras, 10.13. ad Styga Taenaria est ausus descendere porta;
4. Vergil, Georgics, 4.453-4.527  Tagged with subjects: •orpheus and eurydice, philomela and orpheus Found in books: Panoussi(2019) 93
4.453. “Non te nullius exercent numinis irae; 4.454. magna luis commissa: tibi has miserabilis Orpheus 4.455. haudquaquam ob meritum poenas, ni fata resistant, 4.456. suscitat et rapta graviter pro coniuge saevit. 4.457. Illa quidem, dum te fugeret per flumina praeceps, 4.458. immanem ante pedes hydrum moritura puella 4.459. servantem ripas alta non vidit in herba. 4.460. At chorus aequalis Dryadum clamore supremos 4.461. implerunt montes; flerunt Rhodopeiae arces 4.462. altaque Pangaea et Rhesi mavortia tellus 4.463. atque Getae atque Hebrus et Actias Orithyia. 4.464. Ipse cava solans aegrum testudine amorem 4.465. te, dulcis coniunx, te solo in litore secum, 4.466. te veniente die, te decedente canebat. 4.467. Taenarias etiam fauces, alta ostia Ditis, 4.468. et caligantem nigra formidine lucum 4.469. ingressus manesque adiit regemque tremendum 4.470. nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda. 4.471. At cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis 4.472. umbrae ibant tenues simulacraque luce carentum, 4.473. quam multa in foliis avium se milia condunt 4.474. vesper ubi aut hibernus agit de montibus imber, 4.475. matres atque viri defunctaque corpora vita 4.476. magimum heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae, 4.477. impositique rogis iuvenes ante ora parentum, 4.478. quos circum limus niger et deformis harundo 4.479. Cocyti tardaque palus inamabilis unda 4.480. alligat et noviens Styx interfusa coercet. 4.481. Quin ipsae stupuere domus atque intima Leti 4.482. tartara caeruleosque implexae crinibus angues 4.483. Eumenides, tenuitque inhians tria Cerberus ora 4.484. atque Ixionii vento rota constitit orbis. 4.485. Iamque pedem referens casus evaserat omnes; 4.486. redditaque Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras, 4.487. pone sequens, namque hanc dederat Proserpina legem, 4.488. cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem, 4.489. ignoscenda quidem, scirent si ignoscere manes. 4.490. Restitit Eurydicenque suam iam luce sub ipsa 4.491. immemor heu! victusque animi respexit. Ibi omnis 4.492. effusus labor atque immitis rupta tyranni 4.493. foedera, terque fragor stagnis auditus Avernis. 4.494. Illa, “Quis et me,” inquit, “miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, 4.495. quis tantus furor? En iterum crudelia retro 4.496. Fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus. 4.497. Iamque vale: feror ingenti circumdata nocte 4.498. invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas!” 4.499. dixit et ex oculis subito, ceu fumus in auras 4.500. commixtus tenues, fugit diversa, neque illum, 4.501. prensantem nequiquam umbras et multa volentem 4.502. dicere, praeterea vidit, nec portitor Orci 4.503. amplius obiectam passus transire paludem. 4.504. Quid faceret? Quo se rapta bis coniuge ferret? 4.505. Quo fletu Manis, quae numina voce moveret? 4.506. Illa quidem Stygia nabat iam frigida cumba. 4.507. Septem illum totos perhibent ex ordine menses 4.508. rupe sub aeria deserti ad Strymonis undam 4.509. flesse sibi et gelidis haec evolvisse sub antris 4.510. mulcentem tigres et agentem carmine quercus; 4.511. qualis populea maerens philomela sub umbra 4.512. amissos queritur fetus, quos durus arator 4.513. observans nido implumes detraxit; at illa 4.514. flet noctem ramoque sedens miserabile carmen 4.515. integrat et maestis late loca questibus implet. 4.516. Nulla Venus, non ulli animum flexere hymenaei. 4.517. Solus Hyperboreas glacies Tanaimque nivalem 4.518. arvaque Rhipaeis numquam viduata pruinis 4.519. lustrabat raptam Eurydicen atque inrita Ditis 4.520. dona querens; spretae Ciconum quo munere matres 4.521. inter sacra deum nocturnique orgia Bacchi 4.522. discerptum latos iuvenem sparsere per agros. 4.523. Tum quoque marmorea caput a cervice revulsum 4.524. gurgite cum medio portans Oeagrius Hebrus 4.525. volveret, Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua 4.526. “ah miseram Eurydicen!” anima fugiente vocabat: 4.527. “Eurydicen” toto referebant flumine ripae.”