Ausonius, LCL 096: Ausonius II, Books 18-20
Loeb Classical Library
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Book ID: 139 Page: 17
Section: 2B2
VI An Invitation to Paulus, Line 8, Phoebus bids us speak truth: although he suffers the Pierian sisters to swerve from the line, he himself never twists a furrow.
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VI An Invitation to Paulus, Line 18, For in the first days after holy Easter I long to visit my estate.
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VIII Ausonius to Paulus, Line 13, Ye songful children of Mnemosyne [goddess of memory] with tresses coiffed, nine wordy maids with locks begarlanded, come now with chant ridiculous and macaronic{3} lay, wear winged triumph on your brows - for ‘tis on you I call, a clumsy bottle-bard - compose for Paulus some mixed barbarian strain!Pastor John’s note - the muses
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VIII Ausonius to Paulus, Line 40, Here shalt thou find the fruit of Demeter, rich in crops.
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XIII To Ursulus, A Grammarian of Treves, Line 29, he who gathered the mangled limbs of sacred Homer{4}.
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XIX Ausonius to his Father on the Acknowledgment of his Son, Added (thanks to the gods above and to thy grandson, their instrument, who has laid upon our names a two-fold yoke). . .
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XIX Ausonius to his Father on the Acknowledgment of his Son, Even further the Fates will have power to prolong thine age: but those prayers, methinks, are rather answered which are moderate.
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XXI A Birthday Letter to his Grandson Ausonius, Lines 22-25, The Ides is an auspicious day, observed too by the genii of gods. In Sextilis Hecate, Leto’s daughter, claims the Ides; in May, Mercury, who was raised to the ranks of the gods. October’s Ides are hallowed by the birth of Maro [Virgil?] long ago.
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Book ID: 139 Page: 125
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XXXI Paulinus to Ausonius, Lines 19-21, Why dost thou bid the deposed Muses return to my affection, my father? Hearts consecrate to Christ give refusal to the Camenae, are closed to Apollo.Pastor John’s note - Paulinus reproaches him for his faith in the gods.
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Book ID: 139 Page: 267
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XVIII Thanksgiving For His Consulship, Yet I must make a slight digression and turn not very far from you to God. Eternal Begetter of all things, thyself unbegotten, Creator and Cause of the universe, more ancient than its beginning, outlasting its end, Thou who hast built thine own temples and altars in the inmost hearts of the initiated{1} worshippers. . .
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