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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 3, line 298 (search)
left the walls of trembling Rome And swift across the cloudy Alpine tops He winged his march; but while all others fled Far from his path, in terror of his name, Phocaea's Massilia (Marseilles) was founded from Phocaea in Asia Minor about B.C. Lucan (line 392) appears to think that the founders were fugitives from their city when Phocaea in Asia Minor about B.C. Lucan (line 392) appears to think that the founders were fugitives from their city when it was stormed by the Persians sixty years later. See Thucydides I., 13; Grote, ' History of Greece,' chapter xxii. manhood with un-Grecian faith Held to their pledged obedience, and dared To follow right, not fate; but first of all With olive boughs of truce before them borne The chieftain they approach, with peaceful words In h'The war commands thee? Weight nor power have we ' To sway the mighty conflicts of the world. ' We boast no victories since our fatherland 'We left in exile: when Phocaea's fort ' Perished in flames, we sought another here; 'And here on foreign shores, in narrow bounds ' Confined and safe, our boast is sturdy faith; ' Nought else.
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 5, line 1 (search)
ause. The Consuls' power ' Fails with the dying year: not so does yours; ' By your commandment for the common weal ' Decree Pompeius leader.' With applause They heard his words, and placed their country's fates, Nor less their own, within the chieftain's hands. Then did they shower on people and on kings Honours well earned-Rhodes, Mistress of the Seas, Was decked with gifts; Athena, old in fame, Received her praise, and the rude tribes who dwell On cold Taygetus; Massilia's sons Their own Phocaea's freedom; on the chiefs Of Thracian tribes, fit honours were bestowed. They order Libya by their high decree To serve King Juba's sceptre; and, alas! On Ptolemaeus, of a faithless race The faithless sovereign, scandal to the gods, And shame to Fortune, placed the diadem Of Pella. Boy! against the common herd Fierce is thy weapon. Ah, if that were all! The fatal gift gave, too, Pompeius' life; Bereft thy sister of her sire's bequest,By the will of Ptolemy Auletes, Cleopatra had been appoin