by Marcus Valerius Martialis (38?41 - 102?4)
Hanc tibi, Fronto pater, genetrix...
Language: Latin
Hanc tibi, Fronto pater, genetrix Flaccilla, puellam Oscula commendo deliciasque meas, Parvola ne nigras horrescat Erotion umbras Oraque Tartarei prodigiosa canis. Inpletura fuit sextae modo frigora brumae, Vixisset totidem ni minus illa dies. Inter tam veteres ludat lasciva patronos Et nomen blaeso garriat ore meum. Mollia non rigidus caespes tegat ossa, nec illi, Terra, gravis fueris: non fuit illa tibi.
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Confirmed with M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammaton libri / recognovit W. Heraeus. Martial. Wilhelm Heraeus. Jacobus Borovskij. Leipzig. 1925/1976, Book 5, poem XXXIV.
Text Authorship:
- by Marcus Valerius Martialis (38?41 - 102?4) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Kirby Flower Smith (1862 - 1918) , "Erotion" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
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