de raptu Proserpinae

Claudian

Claudian, Volume 2. Platnauer, Maurice, editor. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA; London, England, 1922.

  1. ilex plena favis, venturi praescia laurus ;
  2. fluctuat hic denso crispata cacumine buxus,
  3. hic hederae serpunt, hic pampinus induit ulmos.
  4. haud procul inde lacus (Pergum dixere Sicani)
  5. panditur et nemorum frondoso margine cinctus
  6. vicinis pallescit aquis : admittit in altum
  7. cernentes oculos et late pervius umor
  8. ducit inoffensos liquido sub flumine visus
  9. imaque perspicui prodit secreta profundi,
  10. huc elapsa cohors gaudet per florida rura.1
  11. Hortatur Cytherea legant. “nunc ite, sorores.
  12. dum matutinis praesudat solibus aer,