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P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. Theodore C. Williams), Book 10, line 118 (search)
h was of some huge hill no fragment small, Lyrnesian Acmon stood; nor less than Clytius his sire he seemed, nor Mnestheus his great brother. Some defend the wall with javelins; some hurl down stones or firebrands, or to the sounding string fit arrows keen. But lo! amid the throng, well worth to Venus her protecting care, the Dardan boy, whose princely head shone forth without a helm, like radiant jewel set in burnished gold for necklace or for crown; or like immaculate ivory inclosed in boxwood or Orician terebinth; his tresses o'er his white neck rippled down, confined in circlet of soft twisted gold. Thee, too, the warrior nations gaze upon, high-nurtured Ismarus, inflicting wounds with shafts of venomed reed: Maeonia's vale thy cradle was, where o'er the fruitful fields well-tilled and rich, Pactolus pours his gold. Mnestheus was there, who, for his late repulse of Turnus from the rampart, towered forth in glory eminent; there Capys stood, whose name the Capuan citadel shall bear.
P. Vergilius Maro, Georgics (ed. J. B. Greenough), Book 4, line 191 (search)
realm repair. Oft, too, while wandering, against jagged stones Their wings they fray, and 'neath the burden yield Their liberal lives: so deep their love of flowers, So glorious deem they honey's proud acquist. Therefore, though each a life of narrow span, Ne'er stretched to summers more than seven, befalls, Yet deathless doth the race endure, and still Perennial stands the fortune of their line, From grandsire unto grandsire backward told. Moreover, not Aegyptus, nor the realm Of boundless Lydia, no, nor Parthia's hordes, Nor Median Hydaspes, to their king Do such obeisance: lives the king unscathed, One will inspires the million: is he dead, Snapt is the bond of fealty; they themselves Ravage their toil-wrought honey, and rend amain Their own comb's waxen trellis. He is the lord Of all their labour; him with awful eye They reverence, and with murmuring throngs surround, In crowds attend, oft shoulder him on high, Or with their bodies shield him in the fight, And seek through shower
Sextus Propertius, Elegies (ed. Vincent Katz), Book 1, Addressed to Tullus, nephew of Lucius Volcacius Tullus, consul 33 and proconsul of Asia 30-29 (search)
Addressed to Tullus, nephew of Lucius Volcacius Tullus, consul 33 and proconsul of Asia 30-29 See poems 1, 14, and 22. RHIPAEAN MOUNTAINSa mythical range to the far north. MEMNONking of Ethiopia. PACTOLUSa river in Lydia formerly rich in gold. Really, I'm not afraid of exploring the Adriatic with you, Tullus, or to set sail on the Aegean. We could climb the Rhipaean mountains together! and go even further, to the land of Memnon, but the words and embraces of my girl make me linger, her earnest prayers and rapidly changing color. She pierces every night like a flame, complaining she is abandoned, no gods exist. She is already denying she is mine, making threats like a spurned girlfriend to a graceless man. I can't endure a single hour of these complaints! To hell with him who can be flippant in the face of love! Is it worth so much to me to know Athens' sophistications, to see the ancient splendors of Asia, when Cynthia launches such invective toward my ship and disfigures her
Sextus Propertius, Elegies (ed. Vincent Katz), Book 1, Addressed to Tullus (search)
Addressed to Tullus See poems 1, 6, and 22. LESBIAN WINEsweet, not strong. MENTORfamous silversmith in early 4th c. B.C. PACTOLUSthe gold-bearing river in Lydia; see poem 6. RUBERliterally “Red Sea,” but refers to modern Persian gulf. ALCINOUS' GIFTSto Odysseus. You are free to drink Lesbian wine from Mentor's cup, sullen and effeminate on Tiber's wave. Now you marvel at the speed of the skiffs, now at how slowly the rafts with their cables go; a grove sends up planted woods from every peak, as many trees as crowd the Caucasus. But none of these can compare to my affair: great wealth has no effect on Love. When she prolongs our hotly desired rendezvous or drives our whole day in lingering sex, then the Pactolus' waters flow under my roof, and a pearl is plucked from the Ruber! Then my joys promise kings will yield to me! May they remain till the fates command my death! Who enjoys wealth when their love is down? Prizes ain't worth shit with Venus angry! She can break the great p
Vitruvius Pollio, The Ten Books on Architecture (ed. Morris Hicky Morgan), BOOK VIII, CHAPTER III: VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT WATERS (search)
ng through the kind of soil and the veins in which there are sandarach mines. 12. These waters are given their different flavours by the properties of the soil, as is also seen in the case of fruits. If the roots of trees, vines, or other plants did not produce their fruits by drawing juices from soil of different properties, the flowers of all would be of the same kind in all places and districts. But we find in the island of Lesbos the protropum wine, in Maeonia, the catacecaumenites, in Lydia, the Tmolian, in Sicily, the Mamertine, in Campania, the Falernian, between Terracina and Fondi, the Caecuban, and wines of countless varieties and qualities produced in many other places. This could not be the case, were it not that the juice of the soil, introduced with its proper flavours into the roots, feeds the stem, and, mounting along it to the top, imparts a flavour to the fruit which is peculiar to its situation and kind. 13. If soils were not different and unlike in their kind
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 6, line 146 (search)
All Lydia did repine hereat, and of this deede the fame Through Phrygie ran, and through the world was talking of the same. Before hir mariage Niobe had knowen hir verie well, When yet a Maide in Meonie and Sipyle she did dwell. And yet Arachnes punishment at home before hir eyes, To use discreter kinde of talke it could hir not advise, Nor (as behoveth) to the Gods to yeelde in humble wise. For many things did make hir proud. But neyther did the towne The which hir husband builded had, nor houses of renowne Of which they both descended were, nor yet the puissance Of that great Realme wherein they reignde so much hir minde enhaunce (Although the liking of them all did greatly hir delight) As did the offspring of hir selfe. And certenly she might Have bene of mothers counted well most happie, had she not So thought hir selfe. For she whome sage Tyresias had begot, The Prophet Manto, through instinct of heavenly powre, did say These kinde of wordes in open strete: Ye The
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 11, line 85 (search)
oonkennesse and age, and brought him bound With garlands unto Midas, king of Phrygia, unto whom The Thracian Orphye and the preest Eumolphus comming from The towne of Athens erst had taught the Orgies. When he knew His fellowe and companion of the selfesame badge and crew, Uppon the comming of this guest, he kept a feast the space Of twyce fyve dayes and twyce fyve nyghts togither in that place. And now th'eleventh tyme Lucifer had mustred in the sky The heavenly host, when Midas commes to Lydia jocundly And yeeldes the old Silenus to his fosterchyld. He, glad That he his fosterfather had eftsoones recovered, bad King Midas ask him what he would. Right glad of that was hee, But not a whit at latter end the better should he bee. He minding to misuse his giftes, sayd: Graunt that all and some The which my body towcheth bare may yellow gold become. God Bacchus graunting his request, his hurtfull gift performd, And that he had not better wisht he in his stomacke stormd. Rejoycing i
T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 2, scene 5 (search)
EUCLIO'S house ; and to a MUSIC-GIRL and some of the PEOPLE with provisions do you follow him; the rest of you this way, to our house. LYCONIDES By my troth, you've made an unfair division; they've got the fattest lamb. STROBILUS But the fattest music-girl shall be given you then. Do you, therefore, go along with him, PhrygiaPhrygia: "Phrygia" was an appropriate girl for a "tibicina," "music-girl," or female player on the flute, as that instrument was originally introduced from Phrygia, or Lydia, which adjoined it. Eleusium would probably derive her name from Eleusis in Attica, where the mysteries of Ceres were celebrated. Players on the "tibiæ" were much in request on festive occasions, especially at weddings, as in the present instance. The "tibicina" were probably hired in the market-place, the same way as the cooks.. And do you, Eleusium, step in-doors here, to our house. LYCONIDES O you crafty Strobilus, have you pushed me off here upon this most miserly old fellow, where if I
T. Maccius Plautus, Cistellaria, or The Casket (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 2, scene 3 (search)
rtion of the Play is lost here., "This old woman calls you her daughter wrongfully. * * * * * * * * For this woman here is your foster-mother, so don't think she is your mother. I'm to take you back and invite you to opulence, where you may be settled in a noble family, where your father may present you with twenty great talents for a portion. For this is not a place where after the Etrurian modeThe Etrurian mode: The Tuscans or Etrurians, who were said to have been originally a colony from Lydia, are by some writers stated to have forced their young women to gain their marriage-portions by prostitution. Herodotus alludes to this custom of the Lydians. you are disgracefully to earn a dowry for yourself by prostitution of your person." PHANOSTRATA Is she, pray, a Courtesan, who took it up? LAMPADISCUS Yes, she was a Courtesan. But how it happened, I'll tell you about that matter. I was now winning her over to me by my persuasion. The old woman embraced her knees, weeping and entreatin
P. Terentius Afer (Terence), The Eunuch (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 5, scene 7 (search)
ASO. Well now? With what hope, or what design, are we come hither? What do you intend to do, Thraso? THRASO What, I? To surrender myself to Thais, and do what she bids me. GNATHO What is it you say? THRASO Why any the less so, than Hercules served Omphale.Hercules served Omphale: He alludes to the story of Omphale, Queen of Lydia, and Hercules. Being violently in love with her, the hero laid aside his club and boar's skin, and in the habit of a woman plied the spindle and distaff with her maids. See a curious story of Omphale, Hercules, and Faunus, in the Fasti of Ovid, B. ii. l. 305. As to the reappearance of Thraso here, Colman has the following remarks:
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