#LatinForTheDay - 24 December
"ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo, “poscere fata
tempus” ait: “deus, ecce, deus!” cui talia fanti
ante fores subito non vultus, non color unus,
non comptae mansere comae, sed pectus anhelum,
et rabie fera corda tument, maiorque videri...
"ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo, “poscere fata
tempus” ait: “deus, ecce, deus!” cui talia fanti
ante fores subito non vultus, non color unus,
non comptae mansere comae, sed pectus anhelum,
et rabie fera corda tument, maiorque videri...
"nec mortale sonans, adflata est numine quando
iam propiore dei."
Virgil, Aeneid 6.45-51
'They had come to the threshold, when the maiden cried out:
"The time has come to consult the oracles:. The god, behold the god!"...
iam propiore dei."
Virgil, Aeneid 6.45-51
'They had come to the threshold, when the maiden cried out:
"The time has come to consult the oracles:. The god, behold the god!"...
'As this voice filled her in front of the doors, suddenly
Neither her face nor her complexion was as it should have been;
Her hair fell in disarray, her breast heaved heavily,
Her heart swelled in wild frenzy and she seemed to grow taller...
Neither her face nor her complexion was as it should have been;
Her hair fell in disarray, her breast heaved heavily,
Her heart swelled in wild frenzy and she seemed to grow taller...
'And no longer did she speak as a mortal, as now the power
Of the god was at hand.'
The Sibyl of Cumae seems to transform as she is about to announce her prophecies to Aeneas and the Trojans.
Of the god was at hand.'
The Sibyl of Cumae seems to transform as she is about to announce her prophecies to Aeneas and the Trojans.
The Image at the head of this brief thread is 'The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto' by Guercino, ca. 1651 (National Gallery: NG6615).
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