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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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xMIXOR LATIN POETSXIVDe MusisClio saecla retro niemorat sermone soluto.Euterpae geminis loquitur cava tibia ventis.voce Thalia clueiis soccis dea comica gaudet.Melpomene reboans tragicis fervescit iambis.aurea Terpsichorae totam lyra personat aethram.fila premens digitis Erato modulamina fingit.flectitur in faciles variosque Polymnia motus.Uranie numeris scrutatur sidera mundi.Calliope doctis dat laurea serta poetis." Ascribed to Floras, Baehrens, P.L.M. IV. p. 279. Cf. theverses which have come down under the name of Cato, P.L.M,III. p. 243.The Muses in Hesiod {Theog. 36-103, 915-918) are the ninedaughters of Zeus <strong>and</strong> ^Mnemosyne, born in Pieria. Sometimesrepresented as linked together in a dance, they formedan allegory of the connexion among the liberal arts. For434

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