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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
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)
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)
T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 2, scene 5 (search)
T. Maccius Plautus, Cistellaria, or The Casket (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 2, scene 3 (search)
P. Terentius Afer (Terence), The Eunuch (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 5, scene 7 (search)