Reposianus

Reposianus (fl. 3rd or 4th century AD) was a Latin poet. He is the author of an epyllion composed of 182 hexameters entitled De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, which narrates the Homeric theme of the adulterous love between Venus and Mars.

Quotes

• Discite securos non umquam credere amores.
  • Learn ye the creed that amours are never free from care.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 1 (Tr. Duff)

• Deliciis Veneris dives Natura laborat.
  • Rich Nature toils for Venus' luxury.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 47 (Tr. Duff)

• Nunc varios cantu divom referebat amores.
  • Now she would rehearse in song the chequered amours of the gods.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 67 (Tr. Duff)
  • An imitation of Virgil, Georgics, IV. 347

• Ecce furens post bella deus, post proelia victor
  victus amore venit.
  • Behold in frenzy after warfare comes the god, after his battles the vanquisher vanquished by love.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 77 (Tr. Duff)

• Cum nec tota latet nec totum nudat amorem.
  • She is not wholly hid nor wholly bares her charms.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 102 (Tr. Duff)

• Ille inter flores furtivo lumine tectus
  spectat hians Venerem totoque ardore tremescit.
  • He in his covering of flowers with stealthy eye gazes agape at Venus, quivering in the full flame of passion.
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 103 (Tr. Duff)
  • Cf. Lucretius, I. 36, of Mars in Venus' lap, pascit amore avidos inhians in te, dea, visus.

• Quam bene consertis haeserunt artubus artus!
  • How well did limb clasp limb in close embrace!
  • De Concubitu Martis et Veneris, 108 (Tr. Duff)

External links

• J. Wright Duff; Arnold M. Duff, Minor Latin Poets, vol. 2, Loeb Classical Library (1934), p. 519