Friday, June 19th, 2009...3:23 pmfrancese
Jupiter, Life of the Elements (Avienus, Phaenomena 1-23, 41-45)
Carminis inceptor mihi Jupiter; auspice terras
linquo Iove; excelsam reserat dux Iupiter aethram
imus in astra Iovis monitu; Iovis omine caelum,
et Iovis imperio mortalibus aethera pando.
Hic statio, hic sedes primi patris; iste paterni 5
principium motus, vis fulminis iste corusci,
vita elementorum, mundi calor, aetheris ignis,
astrorumque vigor, perpes substantia lucis,
et numerus celsi modulaminis; hic tener aer,
materiaeque gravis concretio; sucus ab alto 10
corporibus caelo; cunctarum alimonia rerum;
flos et flamma animae, qui discurrente meatu
molis primigenae penetralia dura resolvens
implevit largo venas operatus amore,
ordinis ut proprii foedus daret; iste calorem, 15
quo digesta capax solidaret semina mundus,
inseruit. rite hunc primum, medium, atque supremum
vox secreta canit sibi; nam permixtus utrimque,
actor agendorum, propriique patrator amoris,
et mundi vere pastor sacer. Hic chaos altum 20
lumine perrumpit; tenebrarum hic vincula primus
solvit, et ipse parens rerum fluitantia fixit.
……
Hoc duce per tumidi ferimur freta gurgitis; isto 41
praeceptore solum gravibus versamus aratris;
iste modum statuit signis; hic rebus honorem
infundit; tenebris hic interlabitur aethrae,
viscera et aethereos animans genitabilis artus. 45
A bit more info. on Avienus is here. The text I used was that of Despois and Saviot (Paris: Panckoucke, 1843), available here through Google books.
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2 Comments
June 30th, 2009 at 2:26 am
I don’t notice that any ways thanks.
August 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
This made me so happy–I wrote an Aratus dissertation!
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