Horace, Odes, 1.37.25-32 (West)
David J. Wright / MCA Spring 2025
- Created on 2025-05-01 21:10:48
- Modified on 2025-05-02 20:18:39
- Translated by David West (1997)
- Aligned by David J. Wright
Latin
English
ausa et iacentem visere regiam
voltu sereno , fortis et asperas
tractare serpentes , ut atrum
corpore conbiberet venenum ,
deliberata morte ferocior :
saevis Liburnis scilicet invidens
privata deduci superbo ,
non humilis mulier , triumpho .
voltu sereno , fortis et asperas
tractare serpentes , ut atrum
corpore conbiberet venenum ,
deliberata morte ferocior :
saevis Liburnis scilicet invidens
privata deduci superbo ,
non humilis mulier , triumpho .
Daring
to
gaze
with
face
serene
upon
her
ruined
palace
,
And brave enough to take deadly serpents
In her hand and let her body drink their black poison
Fiercer she was in the death she chose , as though
She did not wish to cease to be a queen , taken to Rome
On the galleys of savage Liburnians ,
To be a humble woman in a proud triumph .
And brave enough to take deadly serpents
In her hand and let her body drink their black poison
Fiercer she was in the death she chose , as though
She did not wish to cease to be a queen , taken to Rome
On the galleys of savage Liburnians ,
To be a humble woman in a proud triumph .