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Scyllas in Ovid.

Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.331-2: FÄ«lĭă | pÅ«rpÅ­rÄ•|ōs NÄ«|sō fÅ«|rātă că|pÄ«llōs pÅ«bÄ• prÄ•|mÄ«t răbÄ­|dōs || Ä«nguÄ­nÄ­|bÅ«squÄ• că|nÄ“s. The daughter who stole the purple hair from Nisus now pushes down rabid dogs with her crotch and groin. This one’s a bit weird on its own.  The woman being spoken of is Scylla—or rather, two women named Scylla; […]

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A pox on parasites.

Plautus (Captivi 4.4): DÄ­Ä“s|pÄ­tÄ“r | tÄ“ dÄ«|qu(e), Ä’rgăsÄ­|lÄ•, pÄ“r|dānt Ä“t | vÄ“ntrÄ“m | tÅ­Å«m, părăsÄ«|tōsqu(e) ōm|nÄ«s, Ä“t | quÄ« pōs|thāc cÄ“|nām pără|sÄ«tÄ«s | dăbÄ«t. May Jupiter and the gods destroy you and your belly, Ergasilus—and all freeloaders—and whoever from now on offers dinner to freeloaders! I think I’ve gotten the hang of scanning these Plautine […]

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More fun with stress accent.

Horace (Epistulae 1.15): Ä€d mărÄ• | cÅ«m vÄ“|nÄ«, gÄ•nÄ•|rōs(um) Ä“t | lÄ“nÄ• rÄ•|quÄ«rō, quōd cÅ«|rās ăbÄ­g|āt, quōd | cÅ«m spÄ“ | dÄ«vÄ­tÄ• | mānÄ“t Ä«n vÄ“|nās ănÄ­|mÅ«mquÄ• mÄ•|Å«m, quōd | vÄ“rbă mÄ­|nÄ«strÄ“t, quōd mÄ“ | LÅ«cā|næ jÅ­vÄ•|nÄ“m cōm|mÄ“ndÄ•t ă|mÄ«cæ. When I go to the sea, I need a smooth [wine] with a good lineage, to […]

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Scanning Plautus

Plautus (Casina 39-42): Īs sÄ“r|vōs, sÄ•d ăb|hÄ«nc ān|nōs fāc|t(um) Ä“st sÄ“|dÄ•cÄ«m, quōm cōn|spÄ­cā|tÅ«st prÄ«|mÅ­lō | crÄ•pÅ«s|cÅ­lō pÅ­Ä“l|l(am) Ä“xpō|nÄ«, ădÄ­t | Ä“xtÄ“m|pl(o) ād mÅ­lÄ­|Ä•rÄ“m, qu(æ) Ä«ll(am) Ä“x|pōnÄ“|bāt: ō|rāt, Å­t Ä•|ām dÄ“t | sÄ­bÄ­ This servant—now, this happened sixteen years ago, when he managed to see a little girl being abandoned, at first light—immediately went up to […]

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