Classical Studies 3151F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Maenad, Propertius, Knossos
20 Oct 2018
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Qualis thesea iacuit cedente carina languida desertis cnosia litoribus; qualis et accubuit primo cephe a somno libera iam duris cotibus andromede; nec minus assiduis edonis fessa choreis qualis in herboso concidit apidano: talis visa mihi mollem spirare quietem. Cynthia consertis nixa caput manibus, ebria cum multo traherem vestigia baccho, et quaterent sera nocte facem pueri. And now i was taking off the garlands from my brow and arranging them about your temples, Cynthia; and now i took pleasure in building up your fallen locks, then with hollowed palms i stealthily gave you apples. But all these gifts i was bestowing on ungrateful sleep, gifts which repeatedly rolled down from your lap; and when from time to time you stirred and heaved a sigh, Propertius 1. 3. 31-40 donec diversas praecurrens luna fenestras, luna moraturis sedula luminibus, compositos levibus radiis patefecit ocellos. sic ait in molli fixa toro cubitum:
