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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 5 | 1 | Browse | Search |
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, The Lives of the Caesars (ed. Alexander Thomson) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace), Odes (ed. John Conington) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Sextus Propertius, Elegies (ed. Vincent Katz) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Addressed to Cynthia
BAIAEnow Baia, then a fashionable resort on North shore of Bay of Naples, between Lucrine lake and promontory of Misenum.
HERCULEAN SHORESHercules built causeway separating Lucrine lake from sea, while making off with Geryon's cattle.
THESPROTUSruled the region of the river Acheron in Epirus, reputed to lead to Hades. Perhaps Propertius is drawing a connection to Lake Avernus, near Naples, another entrance to Hades.
MISENUMsmall town on coast near Baiae.
TEUTHRASmythological king in the region.
While you linger in the middle of Baiae, Cynthia,
where the path lies on Herculean shores,
and marvel at seas subdued in the reign
of Thesprotus, near the nobility of Misenum,
does my memory ever bring a night of thought?
Is there any place left for a love on its way out?
Has some enemy, I know not who, stolen you
with simulated passion, out of my songs?
I hope a small skiff keeps you adrift
with its tiny oars on Lake Lucrinus,
or the sweet water holds you in Teu