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BkI:XXIV A Lament For Quintilius
BkI:XXIV A Lament For Quintilius
What limit, or restraint, should we show at the loss
of so dear a life? Melpomene, teach me, Muse,
a song of mou…
BkI:XXII Singing of Lalage (Integer Vitae)
BkI:XXII Singing of Lalage (Integer Vitae)
The man who is pure of life, and free of sin,
has no need, dear Fuscus, for Moorish javelins,
nor a bo…
BkI:XVII The Delights of the Country
BkI:XVII The Delights of the Country
Swift Faunus, the god, will quite often exchange
Arcady for my sweet Mount Lucretilis,
and while he stays he…
BkI:XX To Maecenas
BkI:XX To Maecenas
Come and drink with me, rough Sabine in cheap cups,
yet wine that I sealed myself, and laid up
in a Grecian jar, when you dear…
BkI:XV Nereus’ Prophecy of Troy
BkI:XV Nereus’ Prophecy of Troy
While Paris, the traitorous shepherd, her guest,
bore Helen over the waves, in a ship from Troy,
Nereus, the sea-…
BkI:XIV The Ship of State
BkI:XIV The Ship of State
O ship the fresh tide carries back to sea again.
Where are you going! Quickly, run for harbour.
Can’t you see how your …
BkI:XII Praising Augustus
BkI:XII Praising Augustus
What god, man, or hero do you choose to praise
on the high pitched flute or the lyre, Clio?
Whose name will it be that …
BkI:X To Mercury
BkI:X To Mercury
Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas,
I’ll sing of you, who wise with your training, shaped
the uncivilised ways of our new-born …
BkI:V Treacherous Girl
BkI:V Treacherous Girl
What slender boy, Pyrrha, drowned in liquid perfume,
urges you on, there, among showers of roses,
deep down in some pleasa…
BkI:VII Tibur
BkI:VII Tibur
Let others sing in praise of Rhodes, or Mytilene,
or Ephesus, or Corinth on the Isthmus,
or Thebes that’s known for Bacchus, or Apo…
BkI:IV Spring
BkI:IV Spring
Fierce winter slackens its grip: it’s spring and the west wind’s sweet change:
the ropes are hauling dry hulls towards the shore,
T…
BkI:II To Augustus
BkI:II To Augustus
The Father’s sent enough dread hail
and snow to earth already, striking
sacred hills with fiery hand,
to scare the cit…
The Odyssey: Book 9
The Odyssey: Book 9
And Ulysses answered, "King Alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a
bard with such a divine voice as this man has. There is nothing be…
BkI:I The Dedication: To Maecenas
BkI:I The Dedication: To Maecenas
Maecenas, descendant of royal ancestors,
O my protector, and my sweet glory,
some are delighted by showers of d…
The Odyssey: Book 7
The Odyssey: Book 7
Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on to
the town. When she reached her father's house she drew up at the
The Odyssey: Book 5
The Odyssey: Book 5
And now, as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus- harbinger of
light alike to mortals and immortals- the gods met in council and …
The Odyssey: Book 23
The Odyssey: Book 23
Euryclea now went upstairs laughing to tell her mistress that her
dear husband had come home. Her aged knees became young again and …
The Odyssey: Book 3
The Odyssey: Book 3
But as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of
heaven to shed Blight on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos …
The Odyssey: Book 21
The Odyssey: Book 21
Minerva now put it in Penelope's mind to make the suitors try
their skill with the bow and with the iron axes, in contest among
The Odyssey: Book 2
The Odyssey: Book 2
Now when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared,
Telemachus rose and dressed himself. He bound his sandals on to his
The Odyssey: Book 16
The Odyssey: Book 16
Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and
were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak for they had sent th…
The Odyssey: Book 18
The Odyssey: Book 18
Now there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all
over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible
The Odyssey: Book 12
The Odyssey: Book 12
"After we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into
the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where the…
The Odyssey: Book 14
The Odyssey: Book 14
Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through
the wooded country and over the crest of the mountain till he
…