#LatinForTheDay – 8 June #Tibullus
“saepe ego temptavi curas depellere vino:
at dolor in lacrimas verterat omne merum.
saepe aliam tenui: sed iam cum gaudia adirem,
admonuit dominae deseruitque Venus.
tunc me discedens devotum femina dixit,...
“saepe ego temptavi curas depellere vino:
at dolor in lacrimas verterat omne merum.
saepe aliam tenui: sed iam cum gaudia adirem,
admonuit dominae deseruitque Venus.
tunc me discedens devotum femina dixit,...
"...a pudet, et narrat scire nefanda meam.
non facit hoc verbis, facie tenerisque lacertis
devovet et flavis nostra puella comis.
talis ad Haemonium Nereis Pelea quondam
vecta est frenato caerula pisce Thetis.”
Tibullus, Elegies 1.5.37-46
non facit hoc verbis, facie tenerisque lacertis
devovet et flavis nostra puella comis.
talis ad Haemonium Nereis Pelea quondam
vecta est frenato caerula pisce Thetis.”
Tibullus, Elegies 1.5.37-46
‘Often I have tried to numb the pain with wine;
But my agony curdled every vintage to tears.
Often I held some other girl tight: but, on ecstasy’s brink,
Love conjured up my mistress and then... limped off.
My would-be paramour would then huff off, saying that I was...
But my agony curdled every vintage to tears.
Often I held some other girl tight: but, on ecstasy’s brink,
Love conjured up my mistress and then... limped off.
My would-be paramour would then huff off, saying that I was...
'Bewitched, that my Darling was a damned enchantress.
Not with spells does she do this, but rather with
Face, flanks, and flaxen hair has she bedevilled me.
Just like the sea-blue Nereid was – like Thetis – when once borne
To Peleus of Haemonia in her briny-bridled bogie.’
Not with spells does she do this, but rather with
Face, flanks, and flaxen hair has she bedevilled me.
Just like the sea-blue Nereid was – like Thetis – when once borne
To Peleus of Haemonia in her briny-bridled bogie.’
A touch of Tibullus on the debilitating effects of his infatuation with Delia. As he goes on to say, "haec nocuere mihi" - 'These charms of hers have been my bane'.
The Image at the head of this thread is 'A Mermaid' by John William Waterhouse, 1900 (Royal Academy of Arts: 03/805).
Link - royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/wo…
#LatinForTheDay #Tibullus
Link - royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/wo…
#LatinForTheDay #Tibullus
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