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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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MINOR LATIN POETSpraesidet, exigui formatus imagine saxi,qui pastorali cornua fronte gerit 2multa licet prisciim nomen deleverit aetas,hoc Inui castrum fama fuisse putat,seu Pan Tyrrhenis mutavit Maenala silvissive sinus patrios incola Faunus initdum renovat largo mortalia semina fetu, 2fingitur in venerem pro-iOor esse deus.ad Centumcellas forti defleximus Austro :tranquilla puppes in statione sedent.molibus aequoreum concluditur amphitheatrum,angustosque aditus insula facta tegit 2attollit geminas turres bifidoque meatufaucibus artatis p<strong>and</strong>it utrunique latus.nee posuisse satis laxo navalia portu ;ne vaga vel tutas ventilet aura rates,interior medias sinus invitatus in aedes 2instabilem fixis aera nescit aquis ;qualis in Euboicis captiva natatibus undasustinet alterno bracchia lenta sinu.nosse iuvat tauri dictas de nomine thermasnee mora difficilis milibus ire tribus. 2229-230 distichon post 232 posuit Damm.232 Inui VB : lani R.235 dumve novat Baehrens. longo V : largo RB. seminasaecula Mueller.^^^ difficilis VRB : distantis {sc. thermas) Baehrens.VRB :* Rutilius confuses Castrum Novum in Etruria <strong>with</strong>Castrum Inui in Latium :cf. Aen. VI. 775. Init in 234 isan attempt to explain the name Inuus, here identified <strong>with</strong>the Greek Pan or the <strong>Latin</strong> Faunus.**For dum causal, assigning a reason, cf. Plant. Trin. 1149-50 dum vereor sermonem interrumpere, solus sto; <strong>and</strong> Cic. Ad Att.784

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