#LatinForTheDay – 9 May #GarlandOfSulpicia
“Parce meo iuveni, seu quis bona pascua campi
seu colis umbrosi devia montis aper,
nec tibi sit duros acuisse in proelia dentes;
incolumem custos hunc mihi servet Amor.
sed procul abducit venandi Delia cura....
“Parce meo iuveni, seu quis bona pascua campi
seu colis umbrosi devia montis aper,
nec tibi sit duros acuisse in proelia dentes;
incolumem custos hunc mihi servet Amor.
sed procul abducit venandi Delia cura....
"...o pereant silvae deficiantque canes!
quis furor est, quae mens densos indagine colles
claudentem teneras laedere velle manus?
quidve iuvat furtim latebras intrare ferarum
candidaque hamatis crura notare rubis?”
‘Tibullus’, 3.9.1-10 (4.3)
quis furor est, quae mens densos indagine colles
claudentem teneras laedere velle manus?
quidve iuvat furtim latebras intrare ferarum
candidaque hamatis crura notare rubis?”
‘Tibullus’, 3.9.1-10 (4.3)
‘Boar, spare my beau! I don’t care if you frequent the good grazing
Of the plains or lonely haunts of the forest-shaded mountains:
Don’t go sharpening your toughened tusks for the fray.
Let my Love be his guard; let it keep him safe and unharmed... for me!...
Of the plains or lonely haunts of the forest-shaded mountains:
Don’t go sharpening your toughened tusks for the fray.
Let my Love be his guard; let it keep him safe and unharmed... for me!...
'That blasted Delian dollybird draws him away with the thrill of the chase!
If only the woods would wither; if only packs of hounds might pack it up!...
If only the woods would wither; if only packs of hounds might pack it up!...
'What lunacy it is! What sense is there in wanting to harm his
Gentle hands in closing off the entangling hills with that tinchel?
How can it be fun to sneak on into the dens of these brutes,
To scratch your perfect legs with the bramble’s barbs?’
Gentle hands in closing off the entangling hills with that tinchel?
How can it be fun to sneak on into the dens of these brutes,
To scratch your perfect legs with the bramble’s barbs?’
An interesting extract today - well, for me at least - as it is drawn from the collection of poems known as the 'Garland of Sulpicia'. The authorship of the verses is by no means clear, but it is argued that they are written as a complement to the verses of Sulpicia herself.
The Image at the head of this thread is the fresco of Atalanta and Meleager after the hunt for the Calydonian Boar: From the tablinum of the House of the Centaur, Pompeii (VI.9.5). Discovered 27 April 1829.
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8980)
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Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8980)
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