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P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 3, line 251 (search)
s upon this fact. Some thought there was extended A great deale more extremitie than neded. Some commended Dianas doing: saying that it was but worthely For safegarde of hir womanhod. Eche partie did applie Good reasons to defende their case. Alone the wife ofJe, Of lyking or misliking it not all so greatly strove, As secretly rejoyst in heart that such a plague was light On Cadmus linage: turning all the malice and the spight Conceyved earst against the wench that Jove had fet fro Tyre, Upon the kinred of the wench, and for to fierce hir ire, Another thing cleane overthwart there commeth in the nicke: The Ladie Semell great with childe by Jove as then was quicke. Hereat she gan to fret and fume, and for to ease hir heart, Which else would burst, she fell in hande with scolding out hir part: And what a goodyeare have I woon by scolding erst? (she sed) It is that arrant queane hir selfe, against whose wicked hed I must assay to give assault: and if (as men me call)
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 3, line 509 (search)
d of hell doth thus enrage your minde? Hath tinking sound of pottes and pannes, hath noyse of crooked home, Have fonde illusions such a force that them whome heretoforne No arming sworde, no bloudie trumpe, no men in battail ray Could cause to shrinke, no sheepish shriekes of simple women fray, And dronken woodnesse wrought by wine and roughts of filthie freakes And sound of toying timpanes dauntes, and quite their courage breakes? Shall I at you, yee auncient men which from the towne of Tyre To bring your housholde Gods by Sea, in safetie did aspyre, And setled*hem within this place the which ye nowe doe yeelde In bondage quite without all force and fighting in the fielde, Or woonder at you yonger sorte approching unto mee More neare in courage and in yeares? whome meete it were to see With speare and not with thirse in hande, with glittring helme on hed, And not with leaves. Now call to minde of whome ye all are bred, And take the stomackes of that Snake, which being one
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 6, line 1 (search)
. The web was tide Upon a Beame. Betweene the warpe a stay of reede did slide. The woofe on sharpened pinnes was put betwixt the warp, and wrought With fingars. And as oft as they had through the warpe it brought, They strake it with a Boxen combe. Both twayne of them made hast: And girding close for handsomnesse their garments to their wast Bestirde their cunning handes apace. Their earnestnesse was such As made them never thinke of paine. They weaved verie much Fine Purple that was dide in Tyre, and colours set so trim That eche in shadowing other seemde the very same with him. Even like as after showres of raine when Phebus broken beames Doe strike upon the Cloudes, appeares a compast bow of gleames Which bendeth over all the Heaven: wherein although there shine A thousand sundry colours, yet the shadowing is so fine, That looke men nere so wistly, yet beguileth it their eyes: So like and even the selfsame thing eche colour seemes to rise Whereas they meete, which further off
P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (ed. Arthur Golding), Book 10, line 243 (search)
stones, and Lillyes fayre and whyght, And pretie singing birds, and flowres of thousand sorts and hew, In gorgeous garments furthermore he did her also decke, And peynted balles, and Amber from the tree distilled new. And on her fingars put me rings, and cheynes about her necke. Riche perles were hanging at her eares, and tablets at her brest. All kynd of things became her well. And when she was undrest, She seemed not lesse beawtifull. He layd her in a bed The which with scarlet dyde in Tyre was richly overspred, And terming her his bedfellow, he couched downe hir head Uppon a pillow soft, as though shee could have felt the same. The feast of Venus hallowed through the Ile of Cyprus, came And Bullocks whyght with gilden homes were slayne for sacrifyse, And up to heaven of frankincence the smoky fume did ryse. When as Pygmalion having doone his dutye that same day, Before the altar standing, thus with fearefull hart did say: If that you Goddes can all things give, then let m
T. Maccius Plautus, Pseudolus, or The Cheat (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 1, scene 2 (search)
asoned with oilSeasoned with oil: "Unctiusculo." The Romans used a great deal of oil in the seasoning of their dishes. for it? But I understand-- you don't care much about oil; with wine you anoint yourself. Only wait a bit; by my troth I'll punish you for all at one spell, unless indeed this day you contrive to manage all these things that I've been speaking of. But as for you, Phœnicium, I tell you this, you pet of the mighty men--you who have been for so long a time always paying down to me your money for your liberty--you who only know how to promise, but don't know how to pay what you have promised; unless this day all your keep is brought me here out of the stores of your customers, to-morrow, Phœnicium, with a true Phœnician hideTrue Phœnician hide: He puns upon her name; as "phœnicium," or "puniceum," was the name of the purple colour for which Tyre and Sidon, in Phœnicia, were so famous., you'll pay a visit to the strumpets' shambles. The SLAVES go into the house of BA
T. Maccius Plautus, Truculentus, or The Churl (ed. Henry Thomas Riley), act 2, scene 6 (search)
from PanchæaFrom Panchæa: Panchæa was a district of Arabia Felix, which was said to produce frankincense. for you. Take it for yourself. He presents it to her. PHRONESIUM What, is so little as this to be given me in return for pain so great? STRATOPHANES aside. I' faith, to my misfortune, I'm undone! My son's already costing me his weight in gold. To PHRONESIUM. Do you still set such little value on me? I've brought you a purple garment from SarraFrom Sarra: Sarra was a name of the city of Tyre, which was so called from the "murex," or shell-fish, from which the Tyrian purple was extracted, and which, in the Phoenician language, was called by that name., and two pretty ones from Pontus. Takes the garments from the SERVANT, and presents them. Take this for yourself, my love. To the SERVANT. Take those Syrian women hence out of my sight. The SERVANT takes them into the house. Do you love me at all? PHRONESIUM Not at all, i' faith; nor do you deserve it. STRATOPHANES aside. What, is n
Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book Two , Metrum 5: (search)
knew [how to]." melle: < mel , "honey"; honey wine or mead ( mulsum ) was a luxury at Rome. lucida vellera Serum (< Seres , "the Chinese"): "gleaming fleeces of the Chinese," i.e., silk from China (not long after B.'s death the emperor Justinian sought to import silkworms to the empire to satisfy demand for the fabric). Tyrio . . . veneno: "Tyrian dye," extracted from shellfish and exported from Tyre in Phoenicia to adorn the richest garments. ( Venenum is ordinarily "venom," but with proper adjectives is regularly used for "dye" as well.) herba: "grass." secabat: < seco , "cut, cleave"; subject is hospes (line 15). mercibus undique lectis: "having gathered merchandise from all over." classica: < classicum , "battle signal, trumpet."
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Nero (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 31 (search)
rom Misenum to the Avernian lake, in a conduit, enclosed in galleries: and also a canal from Avernum to Ostia, that ships might pass from one to the other, without a sea voyage. The length of the proposed canal was one hundred and sixty miles; and it was intended to be of breadth sufficient to permit ships with five banks of oars to pass each other. For the execution of these designs, he ordered all prisoners, in every part of the empire, to be brought to Italy; and that even those who were convicted of the most heinous crimes, in lieu of any other sentence, should be condemned to work at them. He was encouraged to all this wild and enormous profu sion, not only by the great revenue of the empire, but by the sudden hopes given him of an immense hidden treasure, which queen Dido, upon her flight from Tyre, had brought with her to Africa. This, a Roman knight pretended to assure him, upon good grounds, was still hid there in some deep caverns, and might with a little labour be recovered.
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 3, line 169 (search)
der: and from where Earth gives Pactolus and his golden store Free passage forth; and where with rival wealth Rich Hermus parts the meads. Nor stayed the bands Of Troy, but (doomed as in old time) they joined Pompeius' fated camp: nor held them back The fabled past, nor Caesar's claimed descent From their Iulus. Syrian peoples came From palmy Idumea and the walls Of Ninus great of yore; from windy plains Of far Damascus and from Gaza's hold, From Sidon's courts enriched with purple dye, And Tyre oft trembling with the shaken earth. All these led on by Cynosura's lightThat is, the Little Bear, by which the Phoenicians steered, while the Greeks steered by the Great Bear. (See Sir G. Lewis's 'Astronomy of the Ancients,' p, 447.) In Book VIII., line 198, the pilot declares that he steers by the pole star itself, which is much nearer to the Little than to the GreatBear, and is (I believe) reckoned as one of the stars forming the group known by that name. He may have been a Phoenician. Fur
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 10, line 107 (search)
ut built in solid blocks Of marble, gleamed the palace. Agate stood In sturdy columns, bearing up the roof; Onyx and porphyry on the spacious floor Were trodden 'neath the foot; the mighty gates Of Maroe's ebony throughout were formed, No mere adornment; ivory clothed the hall, Studded with emerald spots; upon the doors Gleamed polished tortoise shells from Indian seas: And gems of price and yellow jasper shone On couch and coverlet, whose greater part Dipped more than once within the vats of Tyre Had drunk their juice; and part were feathered gold; Part crimson dyed, in manner as are passed Through Pharian leash the threads. There waited slaves In number as a people, some in ranks By different blood distinguished, some by age; This band with Libyan, that with auburn hair Red so that Caesar on the banks of Rhine None such had witnessed; some with features scorched By torrid suns, their locks in twisted coils Drawn from their foreheads. Eunuchs too were there, Unhappy race; and on the o
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