EuropaANCIENT_HoraceC.3.27

ogcma EuropaANCIENT_HoraceC.3.27

EuropaANCIENT_HoraceC.3.27

Loeb Classical Library Online
classical sources:
OGCMA s.v. "Europa"
Ovid Met.2.835-77
Herodotus 1.2

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Carmina 3.27 "Impios parrae recinentis omen" The Galatea and Europa Ode, 23 B.C.

Disturbing psychological probing leaves the reader wondering what Horace wants Europa to be thinking about in her straightened distress.

Page from a book showing text in Latin (Horace, Odes 3.27) and English (Galatea and Europa, Odes III) on facing pages

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