de raptu Proserpinae

Claudian

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

  1. imaque perspicui prodit secreta profundi,
  2. huc elapsa cohors gaudet per florida rura.1
  3. Hortatur Cytherea legant. “nunc ite, sorores.
  4. dum matutinis praesudat solibus aer,
  5. dum meus umectat flaventes Lucifer agros
  6. roranti praevectus equo.” sic fata doloris
  7. carpit signa sui. varios tum cetera saltus
  8. invasere cohors : credas examina fundi