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| |title=[[The Odes]] | | |title=[[The Odes]] |
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| |previous=[[The Odes/Book II|Book II]] | | |previous=[[The Odes/Book II|Book II]] |
| |section= Book III | | |section= Book III |
| |notes=Translated by [[A. S. Kline]] | | |notes= |
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| | === Book III === |
| #[[The Odes/Book III/1|Odi Profanum]] | | #[[The Odes/Book III/1|Odi Profanum]] |
| #[[The Odes/Book III/2|Dulce Et Decorum Est]] | | #[[The Odes/Book III/2|Dulce Et Decorum Est]] |
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| #[[The Odes/Book III/28|For Neptune]] | | #[[The Odes/Book III/28|For Neptune]] |
| #[[The Odes/Book III/29|Fortune]] | | #[[The Odes/Book III/29|Fortune]] |
| === BkIII:XXX Aere Perennius ===
| | #[[The Odes/Book III/30|Aere Perennius]] |
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| I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,
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| one higher than the Pyramids’ royal towers,
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| that no devouring rain, or fierce northerly gale,
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| has power to destroy: nor the immeasurable
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| succession of years, and the swift passage of time.
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| I’ll not utterly die, but a rich part of me,
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| will escape Persephone: and fresh with the praise
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| of posterity, I’ll rise, beyond. While the High
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| Priest, and the silent Virgin, climb the Capitol,
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| I’ll be famous, I, born of humble origin,
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| (from where wild Aufidus roars, and where Daunus once,
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| lacking in streams, ruled over a rural people)
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| as the first to re-create Aeolian song
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| in Italian verse. Melpomene, take pride,
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| in what has been earned by your merit, and, Muse,
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| willingly, crown my hair, with the Delphic laurel.
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| == Index of First Lines ==
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| I hate the vulgar crowd, and keep them away:5
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| Let the boy toughened by military service. 7
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| The passion of the public, demanding what9
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| O royal Calliope, come from heaven,12
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| We believe thunderous Jupiter rules the sky:15
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| Romans, though you’re guiltless, you’ll still expiate. 17
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| Why weep, Asterie, for Gyges, whom west winds. 19
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| You, an expert in prose in either language,21
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| ‘While I was the man, dear to you,22
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| If you drank the water of furthest Don, Lyce,23
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| Mercury (since, taught by you, his master,24
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| Girls are wretched who can’t allow free play to love, or drown their cares. 26
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| O Bandusian fountain, brighter than crystal,27
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| O citizens, conquering Caesar is home. 28
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| O, dear wife of poor Ibycus,29
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| The towers made of bronze, and the doors made of oak,30
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| Aelius, noble descendant of ancient32
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| Faunus, the lover of Nymphs who are fleeing,33
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| You can tell me the years between. 34
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| Pyrrhus, you can’t see how dangerous it is. 35
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| Faithful wine-jar, born, with me, in Manlius’36
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| Virgin protectress of the mountain and the grove,37
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| Phidyle, my country girl, if you raise your38
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| Though you’re richer than the untouched. 39
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| Where are you taking me, Bacchus,42
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| I was suited to sweethearts till now, and performed. 43
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| Let the wicked be led by omens of screeching. 44
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| What better thing is there to do,47
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| Maecenas, son of Etruscan kings, a jar48
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| I’ve raised a monument, more durable than bronze,51
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| == Metres Used in Book III. ==
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| The number of syllables most commonly employed in each standard line of the verse is given. This may vary slightly for effect (two beats substituted for three etc.) in a given line.
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| Alcaic Strophe: 11 (5+6) twice, 9, 10
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| used in Odes: 1-6,17,21,23,26,29
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| Sapphic and Adonic: 11(5+6) three times, 5
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| Odes: 8,11,14,18,20,22,27
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| First Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) all lines
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| Ode: 30
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| Second Asclepiadean: 8, 12 (6+6), alternating
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| Odes: 9,15,19,24,25,28
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| Third Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) three times, 8
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| Odes 10,16
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| Fourth Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) twice, 7, 8
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| Odes: 7,13
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| Fifth Asclepiadean: 16 (6+4+6) all lines
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| Alcmanic Strophe: 17 (7+10) or less, 11 or less, alternating
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| First Archilochian: 17 (7+10) or less, 7 alternating
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| Fourth Archilochian Strophe: 18 (7+11) or less, 11 (5+6) alternating
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| Second Sapphic Strophe: 7, 15 (5+10) alternating
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| Trochaic Strophe: 7,11 alternating
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| Odes: None in Book III
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| Ionic a Minore: 16 twice, 8
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| Ode: 12
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| [[Category:Poetry]] | | [[Category:Poetry]] |