by Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BCE - 27/8 BCE)
Onos lyras
Language: Latin
Si quis melodi nomine est "onos lyras", praesepibus se retineat forensibus, quibus suam delectet ipse amusiam, et aviditatem speribus lactet suis. Inglorius Vosque in theatro, qui voluptatem auribus huc aucupatum concucurristis domo, adeste et a me quae feram cognoscite, domum ut feratis a theatro litteras.
Text Authorship:
- by Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BCE - 27/8 BCE), appears in Saturae Menippeae [author's text not yet checked 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 Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Onos lyras", from Cantica latina, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 44