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Elegies, Book 4.8

The last of Cynthia!

disce, quid Esquilias hac nocte fugarit aquosas

Propertius and Cynthia's final reconciliation

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Aeneid Book 1, lines 81 - 143

Storm at sea!

Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem

A tremendous storm threatens death to the Trojans

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Catullus 51

Catullus translates Sappho

ille mi par esse deo videtur

A Lesbian poem for Lesbia

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Aeneid Book 2, lines 314-370

Aeneas prepares for a hopeless fight

arma amens capio, nec sat rationis in armis

The battle for Troy is under way

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Georgics Book 3, lines 6 - 22 and 40 - 48

Virgil’s poetic temple to Caesar

Cui non dictus Hylas puer et Latonia Delos

Virgil looks forward to the Aeneid

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Odes 4.15

The final ode

Phoebus volentem proelia me loqui

Horace signs off with Augustus's praises

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Aeneid Book 1, lines 254 - 296

Jupiter’s prophecy

Olli subridens hominum sator atque deorum

The future greatness of Rome and Augustus

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Catullus 11

Catullus and the end of the affair

Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli

Catullus's bitter farewell to his mistress

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Aeneid Book 2, lines 370-400

Into battle

Primus se Danaum, magna comitante caterva

Aebeas recounts his first clash with the Greeks

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