Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

MINOR LATIN POETSsanguine poma rubent Thisbae nece tincta repenteCandida quae fuerant. sanguine poma rubent.Daedalus arte sua fugit Minoia regna,aniisit natuni Daedalus arte sua.niunere Palladio laeti qua nocte fuere,hac periere Phryges munere Palladio.nate quod alter ades caelo, sunt gaudia Ledae ;sed maeret mater, nate quod alter abes.hostia et ipse fuit diri Busiridis hospesBusirisque aris hostia et ipse fuit.Theseus Hippolyto vitam per vota rogavit,optavit mortem Theseus Hippolyto.stipite fatifero iuste quae fratribus usa est,mater saeva fuit stipite fatifero.sola relicta toris flevisti in litore. Gnosislaetaris caelo sola relicta toris.aurea lana fuit, Phrixum quae per mare vexitHelle qua lapsa est, aurea lana fuit.^ tristi nece codd. : Tliysbaeo tincta Heinsius : Thisbaenece L. MuelUr.1'. ^^ saepe codd. : et ipse Heinsius : sacra Baehrens.23 litore codd. : in litore vulgo : litora {coniungendum cumsola) Baehrens." Heinsius saw that the reference was to the tr3^sting-placeof Pyramus and Thisbe, and altered the tristi of the manuscripts.L. Mueller's Thisbae saves nece.^ Castor and Pollux, Leda's twins, were granted an alternateimmortality ; when changed into the constellation Gemini, onehad to be above the horizon, the other below. This is the oneinstance among these Latin " echoic " verses in which theopening of a couplet is not exactly repeated at the close. Herethere is the slight change of ades to abes.^ The Egyptian king who sacrificed strangers was in turnimmolated by Hercules.544