May 27, 2023
ἐμοὶ πίθεσθε μὴ βαρυστόνως φέρειν·
οὐ γὰρ νενίκησθ’, ἀλλ’ ἰσόψηφος δίκη
ἐξῆλθ’ ἀληθῶς οὐκ ἀτιμίαι σέθεν·
ἀλλ’ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν,
αὐτός θ’ ὁ χρήσας αὐτὸς ἦν ὁ μαρτυρῶν
ὡς ταῦτ’ Ὀρέστην δρῶντα μὴ βλάβας ἔχειν.
—Aeschylus, Eumenides 794-9 (Athena speaking to the Furies)
Vnde sacro Latii sonuerunt carmine montes?
cui, Paean, nova plectra moves umeroque comanti
facundum suspendis ebur? procul ecce canoro
demigrant Helicone deae quatiuntque novena
lampade sollemnem thalamis coeuntibus ignem
et de Pieriis vocalem fontibus undam.
—Statius, Silvae 1.2.1-6
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