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Metamorphoses Book 8, Lines 200 - 235

Daedalus and Icarus

by Ovid

postquam manus ultima coepto inposita est

The story of Daedalus and Icarus

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Metamorphoses Book 6, Lines 103 - 145

Minerva and Arachne have a weaving contest

by Ovid

Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europam

The mortal Arachne versus the Goddess Minerva

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Ovid Amores Book 2. 12

Ovid’s triumph

by Ovid

Ite triumphales circum mea tempora laurus

Ovid congratulates himself on success with Corinna

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Metamorphoses Book 11, Lines 100 - 128

The Midas touch

by Ovid

Huic deus optandi gratum, sed inutile, fecit muneris arbitrium

Midas and the golden touch

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Elegies, Book 1.1

Cynthia

by Propertius

Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis

Propertius introduces Cynthia

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Elegies, Book 1.3

Propertius and his sleeping beauty

by Propertius

Qualis Thesea iacuit cedente carina

Propertius returns from a night out

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Elegies, Book 1.16

The lover’s complaint to the door

by Propertius

Quae fueram magnis olim patefacta triumphis

The lover's complaint to the door

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Elegies, Book 2.22A

Propertius on the razzle

by Propertius

Scis here mi multas placuere puellas

Propertius in insatiable mood

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Eclogue 4, lines 1-17

Virgil predicts a forthcoming birth and a new golden age

by Virgil

Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas

Virgil predicts a momentous birth

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