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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSsic latebras Eriphyla viri patefecit, ubi aurumaccepit, turpis materiam sceleris ;sic quondam Acrisiae in gremium per claustra puellaecorruptore auro fluxit adulterium.o quam mendose votum insaturabile habendiimbuit infami pectora nostra malo !quamlibet immenso dives vigil incubet auro,aestuat augendae dira cupido rei.heu mala paupertas numquam locupletis avaridum struere immodice quod tenet optat, eget.quis metus hie legum quaeve est reverentia veri,crescenti nummo si mage cura subest ?cognatorum animas promptum est patrumque cruoremfundier : afFectus vincit avara fames,divitis est, semper fragiles male quaerere gazas :nulla huic in lucro cura pudoris erit.istud templorum damno excidioque requirithoc caelo iubeas ut petat : inde petet.mirum ni pulchras artes Romana iuventusdiscat et egregio sudet in eloquio,ut post iurisonae famosa stipendia linguaebarbaricae ingeniis anteferantur opes,at qui sunt, quos propter honestum rumpere foedusaudeat illicite pallida avaritia r^® crescenti nummo vulgo : crescentis nummi Baehrens.^^ fratrumque cod., Baehrens : patrumque vulgo.21 exitioque vulgo.25 iurgisonae clamosa impendia Heinsius.2' atqui vulgo.° Amphiaraus, for whom it meant death to take part in theTheban War, was betrayed by his wife for a golden necklace :c/. Hor. Od. III. xvi. 11-13 : Statins, Theb. VI. 187-213.

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