{"id":670,"date":"2021-04-26T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=670"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:41:32","slug":"lucan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/perseus-medusa\/lucan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Pharsalia\u00a0<\/em>9.619-99 (65 AD)<\/h3>\n<p><em>Lucan provides a witty expansive description of the killing of Medusa, and the snakes of Libya.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cur\u00a0Libycus\u00a0tantis\u00a0exundet\u00a0pestibus\u00a0aer<br \/>\nFertilis\u00a0in\u00a0mortes,\u00a0aut\u00a0quid\u00a0secreta\u00a0nocenti<br \/>\nMiscuerit\u00a0natura\u00a0solo,\u00a0non\u00a0cura\u00a0laborque<br \/>\nNoster\u00a0scire\u00a0valet:\u00a0nisi\u00a0quod\u00a0vulgata\u00a0per\u00a0orbem<br \/>\nFabula\u00a0pro\u00a0vera\u00a0decepit\u00a0saecula\u00a0caussa.<br \/>\nFinibus\u00a0extremis\u00a0Libyes,\u00a0ubi\u00a0fervida\u00a0tellus<br \/>\nAccipit\u00a0Oceanum\u00a0demisso\u00a0sole\u00a0calentem,<br \/>\nSqualebant\u00a0late\u00a0Phorcynidos\u00a0arva\u00a0Medusae,<br \/>\nNon\u00a0nemorum\u00a0protecta\u00a0coma,\u00a0non\u00a0mollia\u00a0sulco,<br \/>\nSed\u00a0dominas\u00a0vultu\u00a0conspectis\u00a0aspera\u00a0saxis,<br \/>\nHoc\u00a0primum\u00a0natura\u00a0nocens\u00a0in\u00a0corpore\u00a0saevas<br \/>\nEduxit\u00a0pestes:\u00a0illis\u00a0e\u00a0faucibus\u00a0angues<br \/>\nStridula\u00a0fuderunt\u00a0vibratis\u00a0sibila\u00a0linguis,<br \/>\nFemineae\u00a0qui\u00a0more\u00a0comae\u00a0per\u00a0terga\u00a0soluti,<br \/>\nIpsa\u00a0flagellabant\u00a0gaudentis\u00a0colla\u00a0Medusae.<br \/>\nSurgunt\u00a0adverse\u00a0subrectae\u00a0fronte\u00a0colubrae,<br \/>\nVipereumque\u00a0fluit\u00a0depexo\u00a0crine\u00a0venenum.<br \/>\nHoc\u00a0habet\u00a0infelix,\u00a0cunctis\u00a0impune,\u00a0Medusa,<br \/>\nQuod\u00a0spectare\u00a0licet\u00a0Nam\u00a0rictus\u00a0oraque\u00a0monstri<br \/>\nQuis\u00a0timuit?\u00a0quem,\u00a0qui\u00a0recto\u00a0se\u00a0lumine\u00a0vidit,<br \/>\nPassa\u00a0Medusa\u00a0mori\u00a0est.\u00a0Rapuit\u00a0dubitantia\u00a0fata,<br \/>\nPraevenitque\u00a0metus:\u00a0anima\u00a0periere\u00a0retenta<br \/>\nMembra,\u00a0nec\u00a0emissae\u00a0riguere\u00a0sub\u00a0ossibus\u00a0umbrae.<br \/>\nEumenidum\u00a0crines\u00a0solos\u00a0movere\u00a0furores:<br \/>\nCerberus\u00a0Orpheo\u00a0lenivit\u00a0sibila\u00a0cantu:<br \/>\nAmphitryoniades\u00a0vidit,\u00a0cum\u00a0vinceret,\u00a0Hydram;<br \/>\nHoc\u00a0monstrum\u00a0timuit\u00a0genitor,\u00a0numenque\u00a0secundum<br \/>\nPhorcus\u00a0aquis,\u00a0Cetoque\u00a0parens,\u00a0ipsaeque\u00a0sorores<br \/>\nGorgones:\u00a0hoc\u00a0potuit\u00a0coelo\u00a0pelagoque\u00a0minari<br \/>\nTorporem\u00a0insolitum,\u00a0mundoque\u00a0abducere\u00a0terram.<br \/>\nE\u00a0coelo\u00a0volucres\u00a0subito\u00a0cum\u00a0pondere\u00a0lapsae:<br \/>\nIn\u00a0scopulis\u00a0haesere\u00a0ferae:\u00a0vicina\u00a0colentes<br \/>\nAethiopum\u00a0totae\u00a0riguerunt\u00a0marmore\u00a0gentes.<br \/>\nNullum\u00a0animal\u00a0visus\u00a0patiens,\u00a0ipsique\u00a0retrorsum<br \/>\nEffusi\u00a0faciem\u00a0vitabant\u00a0Gorgonis\u00a0angues.<br \/>\nIlla\u00a0sub\u00a0Hesperiis\u00a0stantem\u00a0Titana\u00a0columnis<br \/>\nIn\u00a0cautes\u00a0Atlanta\u00a0dedit:\u00a0coeloque\u00a0timente<br \/>\nOlim\u00a0Phlegraeo\u00a0stantes\u00a0serpente\u00a0gigantes,<br \/>\nErexit\u00a0montes,\u00a0bellumque\u00a0immane\u00a0deorum<br \/>\nPallados\u00a0in\u00a0medio\u00a0confecit\u00a0pectore\u00a0Gorgon.<br \/>\nQuo\u00a0postquam\u00a0partu\u00a0Danaes\u00a0et\u00a0divite\u00a0nimbo<br \/>\nOrtum\u00a0Parrhasiae\u00a0vexerunt\u00a0Persea\u00a0pennae<br \/>\nArcados\u00a0auctoris\u00a0citharae\u00a0liquidaeque\u00a0palaestrae,<br \/>\nEt\u00a0subitus\u00a0praepes\u00a0Cyllenida\u00a0sustulit\u00a0harpen,<br \/>\nHarpen\u00a0alterius\u00a0monstri\u00a0iam\u00a0caede\u00a0rubentem,<br \/>\nA\u00a0Iove\u00a0dilectae\u00a0fuso\u00a0custode\u00a0iuvencae:<br \/>\nAuxilium\u00a0volucri\u00a0Pallas\u00a0tulit\u00a0innuba\u00a0fratri,<br \/>\nPacta\u00a0caput\u00a0monstri:\u00a0terraeque\u00a0in\u00a0fine\u00a0Libyssae<br \/>\nPersea\u00a0Phoebeos\u00a0converti\u00a0iussit\u00a0ad\u00a0ortus,<br \/>\nGorgonis\u00a0averso\u00a0sulcantem\u00a0regna\u00a0volatu:<br \/>\nEt\u00a0clypeum\u00a0laevae\u00a0fulvo\u00a0dedit\u00a0aere\u00a0nitentem,<br \/>\nIn\u00a0quo\u00a0saxificam\u00a0iussit\u00a0spectare\u00a0Medusam.<br \/>\nQuam\u00a0sopor,\u00a0aeternam\u00a0tracturus\u00a0morte\u00a0quietem,<br \/>\nObruit\u00a0haud\u00a0totam.\u00a0Vigilat\u00a0pars\u00a0magna\u00a0comarum,<br \/>\nDefenduntque\u00a0caput\u00a0praetenti\u00a0crinibus\u00a0hydri:<br \/>\nPars\u00a0iacet\u00a0in\u00a0medios\u00a0vultus\u00a0oculique\u00a0tenebras.<br \/>\nIpsa\u00a0regit\u00a0trepidum\u00a0Pallas,\u00a0dextraque\u00a0tremente<br \/>\nPerseos\u00a0aversi\u00a0Cyllenida\u00a0dirigit\u00a0harpen,<br \/>\nLata\u00a0colubriferi\u00a0rumpens\u00a0confinia\u00a0colli.<br \/>\nQuos\u00a0habuit\u00a0vultus\u00a0hamati\u00a0vulnere\u00a0ferri<br \/>\nCaesa\u00a0caput\u00a0Gorgon!\u00a0quanto\u00a0spirasse\u00a0veneno<br \/>\nOra\u00a0rear!\u00a0quantumque\u00a0oculos\u00a0effundere\u00a0mortis!<br \/>\nNec\u00a0Pallas\u00a0spectare\u00a0potest:\u00a0vultusque\u00a0gelassent<br \/>\nPerseos\u00a0aversi,\u00a0si\u00a0non\u00a0Tritonia\u00a0densos<br \/>\nSparsisset\u00a0crines,\u00a0texissetque\u00a0ora\u00a0colubri.<br \/>\nAliger\u00a0in\u00a0coelum\u00a0sic\u00a0rapta\u00a0Gorgone\u00a0fugit.<br \/>\nIlle\u00a0quidem\u00a0pensabat\u00a0iter,\u00a0propiusque\u00a0secabat<br \/>\nAethera,\u00a0si\u00a0medias\u00a0Europae\u00a0scinderet\u00a0urbes;<br \/>\nPallas\u00a0frugiferas\u00a0iussit\u00a0non\u00a0laedere\u00a0terras,<br \/>\nEt\u00a0parci\u00a0populis.\u00a0Quis\u00a0enim\u00a0non\u00a0praepete\u00a0tanto<br \/>\nAethera\u00a0respiceret?\u00a0Zephyro\u00a0convertitur\u00a0ales,<br \/>\nItque\u00a0super\u00a0Libyen,\u00a0quae,\u00a0nullo\u00a0consita\u00a0cultu,<br \/>\nSideribus\u00a0Phoeboque\u00a0vacat:\u00a0premit\u00a0orbita\u00a0solis,<br \/>\nExuritque\u00a0solum;\u00a0nec\u00a0terra\u00a0celsior\u00a0ulla<br \/>\nNox\u00a0cadit\u00a0in\u00a0coelum,\u00a0lunaeque\u00a0meatibus\u00a0obstat,<br \/>\nSi\u00a0flexus\u00a0oblita\u00a0vagi\u00a0per\u00a0recta\u00a0cucurrit<br \/>\nSigna,\u00a0nec\u00a0in\u00a0Borean\u00a0aut\u00a0in\u00a0Noton\u00a0effugit\u00a0umbram.<br \/>\nIlla\u00a0tamen\u00a0sterilis\u00a0tellus,\u00a0fecundaque\u00a0nulli<br \/>\nArva\u00a0bono,\u00a0virus\u00a0stillantis\u00a0tabe\u00a0Medusae<br \/>\nConcipiunt,\u00a0dirosque\u00a0fero\u00a0de\u00a0sanguine\u00a0rores,<br \/>\nQuos\u00a0calor\u00a0adiuvit,\u00a0putrique\u00a0incoxit\u00a0arenae.<br \/>\nHic,\u00a0quae\u00a0prima\u00a0caput\u00a0movit\u00a0de\u00a0pulvere\u00a0tabes,<br \/>\nAspida\u00a0somniferam\u00a0tumida\u00a0cervice\u00a0levavit.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dragons-Serpents-Slayers-Classical-Christian\/dp\/0199925119\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=ogden+dragons+serpents&amp;qid=1618045636&amp;sr=8-1\">DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 59. Translation can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryintranslation.com\/PITBR\/Latin\/PharsaliaIXmaster.php#anchor_Toc396733213\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharsalia\u00a09.619-99 (65 AD) Lucan provides a witty expansive description of the killing of Medusa, and the snakes of Libya. Cur\u00a0Libycus\u00a0tantis\u00a0exundet\u00a0pestibus\u00a0aer Fertilis\u00a0in\u00a0mortes,\u00a0aut\u00a0quid\u00a0secreta\u00a0nocenti Miscuerit\u00a0natura\u00a0solo,\u00a0non\u00a0cura\u00a0laborque Noster\u00a0scire\u00a0valet:\u00a0nisi\u00a0quod\u00a0vulgata\u00a0per\u00a0orbem Fabula\u00a0pro\u00a0vera\u00a0decepit\u00a0saecula\u00a0caussa. Finibus\u00a0extremis\u00a0Libyes,\u00a0ubi\u00a0fervida\u00a0tellus Accipit\u00a0Oceanum\u00a0demisso\u00a0sole\u00a0calentem, Squalebant\u00a0late\u00a0Phorcynidos\u00a0arva\u00a0Medusae, Non\u00a0nemorum\u00a0protecta\u00a0coma,\u00a0non\u00a0mollia\u00a0sulco, Sed\u00a0dominas\u00a0vultu\u00a0conspectis\u00a0aspera\u00a0saxis, Hoc\u00a0primum\u00a0natura\u00a0nocens\u00a0in\u00a0corpore\u00a0saevas Eduxit\u00a0pestes:\u00a0illis\u00a0e\u00a0faucibus\u00a0angues Stridula\u00a0fuderunt\u00a0vibratis\u00a0sibila\u00a0linguis, Femineae\u00a0qui\u00a0more\u00a0comae\u00a0per\u00a0terga\u00a0soluti, Ipsa\u00a0flagellabant\u00a0gaudentis\u00a0colla\u00a0Medusae. Surgunt\u00a0adverse\u00a0subrectae\u00a0fronte\u00a0colubrae, Vipereumque\u00a0fluit\u00a0depexo\u00a0crine\u00a0venenum. Hoc\u00a0habet\u00a0infelix,\u00a0cunctis\u00a0impune,\u00a0Medusa, Quod\u00a0spectare\u00a0licet\u00a0Nam\u00a0rictus\u00a0oraque\u00a0monstri Quis\u00a0timuit?\u00a0quem,\u00a0qui\u00a0recto\u00a0se\u00a0lumine\u00a0vidit, Passa\u00a0Medusa\u00a0mori\u00a0est.\u00a0Rapuit\u00a0dubitantia\u00a0fata, Praevenitque\u00a0metus:\u00a0anima\u00a0periere\u00a0retenta Membra,\u00a0nec\u00a0emissae\u00a0riguere\u00a0sub\u00a0ossibus\u00a0umbrae. Eumenidum\u00a0crines\u00a0solos\u00a0movere\u00a0furores: Cerberus\u00a0Orpheo\u00a0lenivit\u00a0sibila\u00a0cantu: Amphitryoniades\u00a0vidit,\u00a0cum\u00a0vinceret,\u00a0Hydram; Hoc\u00a0monstrum\u00a0timuit\u00a0genitor,\u00a0numenque\u00a0secundum Phorcus\u00a0aquis,\u00a0Cetoque\u00a0parens,\u00a0ipsaeque\u00a0sorores Gorgones:\u00a0hoc\u00a0potuit\u00a0coelo\u00a0pelagoque\u00a0minari Torporem\u00a0insolitum,\u00a0mundoque\u00a0abducere\u00a0terram. 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