Re: "I’ve even written a work in Getic,where savage words are set t

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EX PONTO IV
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XIII. CARO
[...]
Nec te mirari, si sint uitiosa, decebit
carmina quae faciam paene poeta Getes.
A! pudet et Getico scripsi sermone libellum
structaque sunt nostris barbara uerba modis: 20
et placui—gratare mihi!—coepique poetae
inter inhumanos nomen habere Getas.
Materiam quaeris? Laudes: de Caesare dixi!
Adiuta est nouitas numine nostra dei.
Nam patris Augusti docui mortale fuisse 25
corpus, in aetherias numen abisse domos,
esse parem uirtute patri qui frena rogatus
saepe recusati ceperit imperii,
esse pudicarum te Vestam, Liuia, matrum,
ambiguum nato dignior anne uiro, 30
esse duos iuuenes, firma adiumenta parentis,
qui dederint animi pignora certa sui.
Haec ubi non patria perlegi scripta Camena,
uenit et ad digitos ultima charta meos,
et caput et plenas omnes mouere pharetras, 35
et longum Getico murmur in ore fuit,
atque aliquis 'Scribas haec cum de Caesare' dixit
'Caesaris imperio restituendus eras.'
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--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...> wrote:
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>
> Ovid - a Getic Poet
> "I've even written a work in Getic,
> where savage words are set to Italian metres."
> .................................................
> "When I read it aloud, not penned by my native Muse,
> and the last page came beneath my fingers,
> they nodded their heads and their full quivers,
> and there was a long murmur from Getic mouths.
> And one said: `Since you write all this about Caesar,
> you ought to be restored to Caesar's dominions.'"
>
> Book EIV.XIII:1-50 Ovid wrote a poem in Getic.
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> And you shouldn't marvel if my art's defective,
> since I've almost turned into a Getic poet.
> Ah! Shameful: I've even written a work in Getic,
> where savage words are set to Italian metres.
> My theme, you ask? You'd praise me: I speak of Caesar.
> My new attempt was helped by a god's power.
> I tell how the body of our father, Augustus, was mortal,
> but his spirit has passed to the domains of heaven:
> and Tiberius is equal to his father in virtue, taking
> up the reins of empire, often refused, when asked:
> and you Livia are the Vesta of modest mothers,
> whether worthier of son or husband is unclear:
> and two sons, a powerful help to their father,
> have given true pledges of their courage.
> When I read it aloud, not penned by my native Muse,
> and the last page came beneath my fingers,
> they nodded their heads and their full quivers,
> and there was a long murmur from Getic mouths.
> And one said: `Since you write all this about Caesar,
> you ought to be restored to Caesar's dominions.'
> That's what he said: but already, my Carus,
> the sixth winter sees me exiled under the icy pole.
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>
> br,
> marius
>