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Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 817 - 845

Erysichthon the Glutton

by Ovid

Dicta Fames Cereris, quamvis contraria semper

Hunger invades the blasphemer, Erysichthon

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Catullus 6

The wayfaring bedstead

by Catullus

Flavi, delicias tuas Catullo

Catullus asks his friend awkward questions

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Aeneid Book 1, lines 695 - 722

Dido and Cupid

by Virgil

Iamque ibat dicto parens et dona Cupido

In disguise, Cupid stirs Dido to love

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Odes 1.27

Horace the peacemaker

by Horace

Natis in usum laetitiae scyphis

Horace defuses the tension

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Metamorphoses book 4, lines 169-189

Venus and Mars

by Ovid

Hunc quoque, siderea qui temperat omnia luce

Adultery in heaven

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Odes 2.17

An oath to Maecenas

by Horace

Cur me querelis exanimas tuis?

A moving oath of friendship from Horace to Maecenas

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Georgics, Book 2, lines 458 - 474

The farmer’s happy lot

by Virgil

O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint

Virgil's rosy view of the farming life

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Metamorphoses Book 1, lines 466-76 and 525-67

Apollo and Daphne

by Ovid

inpiger umbrosa Parnasi constitit arce

To escape Apollo, Daphne becomes a laurel tree

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Metamorphoses Book 8, lines 846 - 884

Erysichthon’s end

by Ovid

Iamque fame patrias altaque voragine ventris

Erysichthon's horrible end

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