#LatinForTheDay – 10 November #Seneca
“Soror Tonantis—hoc enim solum mihi
nomen relictum est—semper alienum Iovem
ac templa summi vidua deserui aetheris,
locumque caelo pulsa paelicibus dedi;
tellus colenda est, paelices caelum tenent.
hinc Arctos alta parte glacialis poli...
“Soror Tonantis—hoc enim solum mihi
nomen relictum est—semper alienum Iovem
ac templa summi vidua deserui aetheris,
locumque caelo pulsa paelicibus dedi;
tellus colenda est, paelices caelum tenent.
hinc Arctos alta parte glacialis poli...
"sublime classes sidus Argolicas agit;
hinc, qua recenti vere laxatur dies,
Tyriae per undas vector Europae nitet;
illinc timendum ratibus ac ponto gregem
passim vagantes exerunt Atlantides.”
Seneca the Younger, Hercules 1-11
hinc, qua recenti vere laxatur dies,
Tyriae per undas vector Europae nitet;
illinc timendum ratibus ac ponto gregem
passim vagantes exerunt Atlantides.”
Seneca the Younger, Hercules 1-11
‘The Thunderer’s SISTER, that’s the only tag which remains
For me now! Now more widow than wife, I have left Jove the
Ever-unfaithful – that reprobate love-rat – and the abode of heaven.
Pushed from the skies, I yield my place to his trollops;...
For me now! Now more widow than wife, I have left Jove the
Ever-unfaithful – that reprobate love-rat – and the abode of heaven.
Pushed from the skies, I yield my place to his trollops;...
'I must live upon the earth, as the heavens glitter with his whores!
Look! There’s Callisto the Bear, sparkling away above the
Frozen North, the steer-star for the navies of Greece....
Look! There’s Callisto the Bear, sparkling away above the
Frozen North, the steer-star for the navies of Greece....
'Here, where the daylight fades in early Spring, twinkles Taurus –
The Bull that bore away Tyrian Europa across the roaring main.
And over there the daughters of Atlas crest the horizon,
Ranging far and wide, instilling fear in ships and sea alike.’
The Bull that bore away Tyrian Europa across the roaring main.
And over there the daughters of Atlas crest the horizon,
Ranging far and wide, instilling fear in ships and sea alike.’
The opening of Seneca's 'Hercules' sees Juno spitting feathers at the numerous affairs of Jupiter, as she points out the various constellations that serve as her constant reminders of his infidelities.
The Image at the head of this thread is 'The Goddess Juno' by Alonso Cano, ca. 1638 - 1651 (Museo Del Prado: P008370).
Link - museodelprado.es/en/the-collect…
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Link - museodelprado.es/en/the-collect…
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