#LatinForTheDay - 23 December
"praeterea, si nona diem mortalibus almum
Aurora extulerit radiisque retexerit orbem,
prima citae Teucris ponam certamina classis;
quique pedum cursu valet, et qui viribus audax
aut iaculo incedit melior levibusque sagittis,...
"praeterea, si nona diem mortalibus almum
Aurora extulerit radiisque retexerit orbem,
prima citae Teucris ponam certamina classis;
quique pedum cursu valet, et qui viribus audax
aut iaculo incedit melior levibusque sagittis,...
"seu crudo fidit pugnam committere caestu,
cuncti adsint meritaeque exspectent praemia palmae.
ore favete omnes et cingite tempora ramis.”
Virgil, Aeneid 5.64-71
'What is more, if the ninth Dawn should raise a kindly day
For mortals, illuminating the earth with her beaming,...
cuncti adsint meritaeque exspectent praemia palmae.
ore favete omnes et cingite tempora ramis.”
Virgil, Aeneid 5.64-71
'What is more, if the ninth Dawn should raise a kindly day
For mortals, illuminating the earth with her beaming,...
'I shall decree games for the Trojans: first a race of swift ships;
Then to see who is the fleetest of foot; and who - bold in their
Strength - darts better with javelin and light arrows;
Or who has faith in his brawling, hands bound in rawhide straps...
Then to see who is the fleetest of foot; and who - bold in their
Strength - darts better with javelin and light arrows;
Or who has faith in his brawling, hands bound in rawhide straps...
'Let everyone step up and seek the palm, that prize for victory.
But now be silent, all of you, and wreathe your heads with fronds.'
But now be silent, all of you, and wreathe your heads with fronds.'
The Image at the head of this brief thread is a miniature of the Sicilian games from Aeneid Book V, with the Trojan fleet being fired by Eris in the background, ca. 1483-1485 (British Library: King's 24, f. 115. Link - bl.uk/catalogues/ill…)
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