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1.2.2) Horace Epistle 1.2

Marble terminal bust of Homer. Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd c. BC. From Baiae, Italy. British Museum.

1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 Troiani belli scriptorem, Maxime Lolli,        

2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi;   

3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 qui, quid sit pulcrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non,         

4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.         

5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 cur ita crediderim, nisi quid te detinet, audi.  5

6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 fabula qua Paridis propter narratur amorem  

7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 Graecia barbariae lento conlisa duello,         

8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 stultorum regum et populorum continet aestus.        

9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Antenor censet belli praecidere causam:       

10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 quid Paris? ut salvus regnet vivatque beatus, 10

11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 cogi posse negat. Nestor componere litis      

12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 inter Peliden festinat et inter Atriden:

13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 hunc amor, ira quidem communiter urit utrumque.  

14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.   

15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 seditione, dolis, scelere atque libidine et ira   15

16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra.

17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 rursus, quid virtus et quid sapientia possit,   

18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 utile proposuit nobis exemplar Ulixen,         

19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 qui domitor Troiae multorum providus urbes

20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 et mores hominum inspexit latumque per aequor,     20

21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 dum sibi, dum sociis reditum parat, aspera multa     

22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 pertulit, adversis rerum inmersabilis undis.  

23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 Sirenum voces et Circae pocula nosti;          

24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 quae si cum sociis stultus cupidusque bibisset,         

25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 sub domina meretrice fuisset turpis et excors;           25

26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 vixisset canis inmundus vel amica luto sus.  

27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 nos numerus sumus et fruges consumere nati,          

28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 sponsi Penelopae nebulones Alcinoique       

29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 in cute curanda plus aequo operata iuventus,

30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 cui pulchrum fuit in medios dormire dies et  30

31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 ad strepitum citharae cessatum ducere somnum.      

32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 ut iugulent hominem, surgunt de nocte latrones:      

33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 ut te ipsum serves, non expergisceris? atqui 

34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 si noles sanus, curres hydropicus; et ni         

35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 posces ante diem librum cum lumine, si non 35

36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 intendes animum studiis et rebus honestis,   

37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 invidia vel amore vigil torquebere. nam cur 

38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 quae laedunt oculum, festinas demere: siquid           

39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 est animum, differs curandi tempus in annum?         

40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 dimidium facti, qui coepit, habet: sapere aude,          40

41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 incipe. vivendi qui recte prorogat horam,     

42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 rusticus exspectat, dum defluat amnis; at ille

43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0 labitur et labetur in omne volubilis aevum.   

44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 quaeritur argentum puerisque beata creandis

45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 uxor et incultae pacantur vomere silvae:        45

46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 quod satis est cui contingit, nihil amplius optet.       

47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 non domus et fundus, non aeris acervus et auri         

48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 aegroto domini deduxit corpore febris,         

49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 non animo curas; valeat possessor oportet,   

50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 si conportatis rebus bene cogitat uti.  50

51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 qui cupit aut metuit, iuvat illum sic domus et res      

52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 ut lippum pictae tabulae, fomenta podagram,

53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 auriculas citharae collecta sorde dolentis.     

54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit.

55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 sperne voluptates: nocet empta dolore voluptas.        55

56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 semper avarus eget: certum voto pete finem.

57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0 invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis;       

58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni   

59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 maius tormentum. qui non moderabitur irae,

60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 infectum volet esse, dolor quod suaserit et mens,      60

61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 dum poenas odio per vim festinat inulto.      

62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 ira furor brevis est: animum rege; qui nisi paret,      

63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 imperat; hunc frenis, hunc tu conpesce catena.         

64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister          

65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 ire, viam qua monstret eques; venaticus, ex quo        65

66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 tempore cervinam pellem latravit in aula,     

67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0 militat in silvis catulus. nunc adbibe puro     

68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 pectore verba, puer, nunc te melioribus offer.           

69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 quo semel est inbuta recens servabit odorem

70 Leave a comment on paragraph 70 0 testa diu. quodsi cessas aut strenuos anteis,   70

71 Leave a comment on paragraph 71 0 nec tardum opperior nec praecedentibus insto.

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