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An den Mond

by Goethe

Füllest wieder Busch und Tal

Goethe to the Moon

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Catullus 13

An invitation from Catullus

by Catullus

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me

Bring a bottle - and ...

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Odes 3.8

An invitation to Maecenas

by Horace

Martiis caelebs quid agam kalendis

A fulsome compliment to Horace's patron Maecenas

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Odes 3.11

An invocation to the lyre

by Horace

Mercuri, nam te docilis magistro

Horace invokes the lyre and the power of poetry.

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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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Aeneid Book 5, lines 719 - 740

Anchises’s ghost invites Aeneas to visit the underworld

by Virgil

Talibus incensus dictis senioris amici

Anchises calls Aeneas to visit the underworld

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Iliad Book 6, lines 441 - 473

Andromache and Hector

by Homer

Ἀνδρομάχη δέ οἱ ἄγχι παρίστατο δάκρυ χέουσα

Don't take risks, begs Andromache

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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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Archilochus 7

Archilochus on endurance

by Archilochus

κήδεα μὲν στονόεντα, Περίκλεες, οὔτε τις ἀστῶν

Tough love from Archilochus on loss and mourning

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