Carmina, Horace, creator; Shorey, Paul, 1857-1934, editor; Laing, Gordon Jennings, 1869-, joint editor; Laing, Gordon Jennings, 1869-1945, joint editor
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Ne sit ancillae tibi amor pudori,
Xanthia Phoceu: prius insolentem
serva Briseis niveo colore
movit Achillem,
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movit Aiacem Telamone natum
forma captivae dominum Tecmessae,
arsit Atrides medio in triumpho
virgine rapta,
barbarae postquam cecidere turmae
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Thessalo victore et ademptus Hector
tradidit fessis leviora tolli
Pergama Grais.
nescias an te generum beati
Phyllidis flavae decorent parentes:
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regium certe genus, et penatis
maeret iniquos.
crede non illam tibi de scelesta
plebe dilectam neque sic fidelem,
sic lucro aversam potuisse nasci
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matre pudenda.
bracchia et voltum teretesque suras
integer laudo: fuge suspicari,
cuius octavum trepidavit aetas
claudere lustrum.