by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE)
Montium custos nemorumque, virgo
Language: Latin
Montium custos nemorumque, virgo, quae laborantis utero puellas ter vocata audis adimisque leto, diva triformis, imminens villae tua pinus esto, quam per exactos ego laetus annos verris obliquum meditantis ictum sanguine donem.
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Confirmed with Horace, Odes and Epodes. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 1919. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text for the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title [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):
- by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Montium Custos (Book 3, 22)" [ chorus ], from Odes of Horace, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Conington) , no title
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-16
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