Claudian

Claudius Claudianus (c. 370 – 404 AD), known in English as Claudian, was an Alexandrian poet, writing first in Greek and later in Latin. By many he is considered the last of the great Classical Latin poets. Quotes English quotations here are taken from the translation by Maurice Platnauer in the Loeb Classical Library. Minuit praesentia famam. Presence will minish awe. De Bello Gildonico, line 387. Variant translation: Presence diminishes fame. Dis proximus ille est,quem ratio non ira movet. But he whom reason, not anger, animates is a peer of the gods. Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, lines 227-228. Peragit tranquilla potestasquod violenta nequit; mandataque fortius urgetimperiosa quies. Quiet authority accomplishes what violence cannot, and that mandate compels more which comes from a commanding calm. Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, lines 239-241. Vile latens virtus. Virtue hidden hath no value. Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222. Qui terret plus ipse timet. Whoso causes terror is himself more fearful. Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 290. In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum, primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis. Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus. If thou make any law or establish any custom for the general good, be the first to submit thyself thereto; then does a people show more regard for justice nor refuse submission when it has seen their author obedient to his own laws. The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince. Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, lines 296-301. Iam non ad culmina reruminiustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altumut lapsu graviore ruant. No longer can I complain that the unrighteous man reaches the highest pinnacle of success. He is raised aloft that he may be hurled down in more headlong ruin. In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 21-23. Natura beatis,omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it. In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 215-216. Omnia mors aequat. Death renders all equal. De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302. Variant translation: Death makes all things equal. Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor. Biting poverty and cruel Cupid are my foes. Hunger I can endure; love I cannot. Epigram XV Nexuque pio longinqua revinxit. Drawing together distant races with bonds of affection. De secundo Consulatu Stilichonis, bk. 3, l. 153 Compare: Sir Edwin Arnold's version, in Potiphar's Wife, &c. (1895) p. 94    matura tumescit virginitas superatque nives ac lilia candor et patrium flavis testatur crinibus Histrum. Her swelling breast betokens maidenhood ripe for marriage, her skin is whiter than lilies or than snow, and her golden hair points to the Danube as her birthplace. Epithalamium dictum Palladio V. C. tribuno et notario et Celerinae, ll. 125–127 (tr. Maurice Platnauer, 1922) The Evening Star appears above Idalium And brings Love's blessing to the nuptial bed. New bride is overcome by modesty And girlish teardrops mark the crimson veil. But do not cease, young man, your close attack, With love, subdue opposing fingernail: None can enjoy spring's perfumes or the honey Of Hybla if he fears the scratch of thorn. Thorns arm the rose and bees defend their sweets, And difficulties but increase the joy . . . The kiss is sweeter stolen through her tears. Thorns Arm the Rose, adapted from Platnauer's translation, in Virginia Tufte, ed., High Wedlock Then Be Honoured: Wedding Poems from Nineteen Countries and Twenty-Five Centuries (New York: Viking Press, 1970), p. 41 Attributed      Victoria nulla est, Quam quae confessor animo quoque subjugat hostes. No victory is complete, which the conquered do not admit to be so. De Sexto Consulatu Honorii, v. 248. Quoted in Montaigne, Essays, i. 30 (tr. W. Carew Hazlitt, 1877) External links Category:Poets from Rome Category:Poets from Greece Category:Latin authors Category:5th century deaths