Diripiunt verruntque dapes foedataque turbant pocula, saevi… - Gaius Valerius Flaccus

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Diripiunt verruntque dapes foedataque turbant
pocula, saevit odor surgitque miserrima pugna
parque mihi monstrisque fames. sprevere quod omnes
pollueruntque manu quodque unguibus excidit atris
has mihi fert in luce moras.

Gaius Valerius Flaccus

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Gaius Valerius Flaccus (Setinus Balbus) (died c. AD 90) was a Roman poet of the Silver Age.

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Alternative Names: Valerius Flaccus • Gaius Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus

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Contra Tartareis Colchis spumare venenis
cunctaque Lethaei quassare silentia rami
perstat et adverso luctantia lumina cantu
obruit atque omnem linguaque manuque fatigat
vim Stygiam.

The other, his brow heavy with threats, had long been muttering and smouldering with hidden fire.

Their words were spoken to the breezes nor swayed appointed fate.

Diripiunt verruntque dapes foedataque turbant pocula, saevit odor surgitque miserrima pugna parque mihi monstrisque fames. sprevere quod omnes pollue… - Gaius Valerius Flaccus

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