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  1   T-I|         Though you obey, book, you may still be blamed,~and called
  2   T-I|       better luck than your master~may you land there and ease
  3   T-I|         wicked,~if as the humblest may I’ve favoured that House,~
  4   T-I|            spare me, gods!~If not, may a towering wave drown my
  5   T-I|            for me she did not die.~May she live, and, since the
  6   T-I|         death,~if one already lost may be un-lost.~~ Book TI.V:
  7   T-I|            through the long years.~May the gods favour you, grant
  8   T-I|           weakness this rough work may have,~I’d have amended it,
  9   T-I|            of mine without malice,~may you reach life’s goal without
 10   T-I|        goal without hindrance.~And may my prayers that failed to
 11   T-I|         the wind.~Now, I pray, she may also cleave the gates of
 12   T-I|       driven on a strong southerly~may she quickly pass the clashing
 13   T-I|          in this place.~From there may she sail in safety to the
 14  T-II|            war with the Giants,~it may well be he’s happy with
 15  T-II|          pray, by a grateful city, may the debt of love ~be paid
 16  T-II|         spirit constantly deserve,~may Livia, joined with you,
 17  T-II|            you could have married:~may your son, Tiberius, be safe,
 18  T-II|           old, with one older,~and may Germanicus and Drusus, your
 19  T-II|           and your father’s deeds,~may Victory, always accustomed
 20  T-II|           His Defence~ ~‘But,’ you may say, ‘the wife can use others’
 21 T-III|   eventually, to show me the way.~‘May the gods grant, what they
 22 T-III|          AS YOU PASS BY,~SAY ‘EASY MAY THE BONES OF OVID LIE’~~  ~
 23 T-III|           outcast a loyal hand.~So may good fortune stay with you,
 24 T-III|         fortune stay with you, and may you never,~touched by a
 25 T-III|           be absent from my heart.~May the gods always grant you
 26 T-III|         touch on what is possible,~may you set out to prove, I
 27 T-III|           all the world.~You also: may a happier use of art await
 28 T-III|             So, whatever this book may be, think it worth your ~
 29  T-IV|          Savage Germany, defeated, may have already submitted, ~
 30  T-IV|        will see with my mind, as I may:~it still has a right to
 31  T-IV|          to be concealed,~and (you may remember) he approved my
 32  T-IV|        undiminished friendship.~So may your fortunes ever go forward,~
 33  T-IV|       fortunes ever go forward,~so may you need no help, and yet
 34  T-IV|          and yet help your own:~so may your wife equal her husband’
 35  T-IV|            with no complaints:~and may that brother, who’s of your
 36  T-IV|           of Pollux for Castor:~so may your young son be like you,
 37  T-IV|         yours by his character:~so may your daughter’s marriage-torch
 38   T-V|           that world you rule –~so may you live on earth, and heaven
 39   T-V|            heaven long for you,~so may you pass at length, as promised,
 40   T-V|           Help me, good Liber: and may another vine burden the
 41   T-V|         with the imprisoned juice,~may the Bacchae and the vigorous
 42   T-V|         inspiration not be silent,~may the bones of Lycurgus the
 43   T-V|       shade never free of torment,~may your Ariadne’s crown glitter
 44   T-V|          worth no less.~So, as you may make songs empowered by
 45   T-V|     groaned at the serpent’s bite.~May the gods grant such circumstances
 46   T-V|            hurt threatens my lady,~may it be annulled by my troubles:~
 47   T-V|       annulled by my troubles:~and may the vessel that was more
 48   T-V|          survived, sail safely on.~May she enjoy her home, her
 49   T-V|            be free of dark clouds.~May she live, and love her husband,
 50   T-V|          when you think that I too may be recalled:~think, if the
 51   T-V|          prince shows lenience, it may be~you’ll be saddened by
 52   T-V|            face in the city,~and I may see you exiled, with greater
 53   T-V|         that I’m able to remember.~May Caesar and the gods always
 54   T-V|            this ever being so,~and may these few lines serve to
 55   T-V|           letter always ends –~and may your fortunes be different
 56  ExII|        short of what I deserve.~So may the gods, of whom he himself
 57  ExII|           has been under his rule, may the earth stay under~a Caesar,
 58  ExII|          doctor can.~Be that as it may, your kindness comes to
 59  ExII|        will fall.~Strong though it may be, the ship that’s never
 60  ExII|          my soil can grow it.~Fame may spur you on, you, intent
 61  ExII|            your heart was sad?~You may try to hide it and shrink
 62  ExII|            your own to my prayers.~May I lie entombed in the sands
 63  ExII|      furthest limits of the world?~May the gods will that all who
 64  ExII|         Bravest king of our times, may it be granted you~to always
 65  ExII|         spirit,~that those to come may read your name, Celsus.~
 66  ExII|           such ‘conceits’ as these may be theirs as well.~That
 67   ExI|     armaments, and clever placing.~May the gods grant you long
 68   ExI|         bring shame on your House.~May the sanctuaries of your
 69   ExI| sanctuaries of your race flourish,~may the gods above and the Caesars
 70   ExI|         his good health.~I hope it may be so, and to prove the
 71   ExI|         the friend who values you,~may do so to the last moment
 72   ExI|          hostile to my prayers,~So may fierce Germany be dragged,
 73   ExI|         your triumphant horses:~so may your father reach Pylian
 74   ExI|          to a suppliant’s prayers.~May your husband prosper, your
 75   ExI|          law, and their daughters.~May the Elder Drusus whom cruel
 76   ExI|          one of your race to fall.~May Tiberius soon drive behind
 77   ExI|          since I’ve not the power, may the gods show~gratitude!
 78   ExI|          see your acts of loyalty:~May you long have strength as
 79 ExIII|            filled with peace,~then may the gods grant you the chance
 80 ExIII|            then reflect your words may achieve something.~If she’
 81 ExIII|            the partner of his bed.~May they be merciful to you
 82 ExIII|       Iphigenia in Tauris~ ~Cotta, may the ‘health’ you read here,
 83 ExIII|            Aeneas your brother,~so may you carry the arrows that
 84 ExIII|      arrows that strike us all,~so may your torches never lack
 85 ExIII|          lack their swift fire,~so may he rule the empire, and
 86 ExIII|          lips, even now?~As for me may I die, pierced by a Getic
 87  ExIV|          marsh grass, and suffered~may things shameful for so great
 88  ExIV|       features of the dear consul.~May the gods allow my name to
 89  ExIV|            concerning the new god.~May this respectful act aid
 90  ExIV|      though it’s steeped in venom.~May your enemies come to know
 91  ExIV|       Black Sea waters:~once sent, may the gods have it find you
 92  ExIV|           anger to relent, for me!~May a true flame rise from the
 93  ExIV|           majesty of the giver.~So may it be for you and Flaccus
 94  ExIV|     command of Pontus~on the left, may perhaps have heard of it.~
 95  ExIV|            to be silent.~Still, it may sometimes reach a Caesar’
 96  ExIV|           about ~you, the new god, may reach you there, too.~And
 97  ExIV|          the local terrors!~Scylla may yelp, fierce with monsters,
 98  ExIV|     sailors more.~Though Charybdis may suck the sea down three
 99  ExIV|       proves true on arrival!)~you may be happy now, in a fresh
100  ExIV|           s’ at least:~whatever it may be, there’s no hiding that
101  ExIV|         insignificant to you,~(and may Germanicus, with the German
102  ExIV|          subject for your art: and may~his sons, who you’ve been
103  IBIS|             whenever possible,~and may I always deal with so merciful
104  IBIS|            acts as my witness.~But may you who trample on me, violently,
105  IBIS|         something of my nights,~so may the sequence of your days
106  IBIS|            fulfilled, I beg: so it may be thought~not my word,
107  IBIS|           you, and day than night.~May you be always pitiable,
108  IBIS|            common pyre:~wherever I may be, I’ll strive to break
109  IBIS|          reject your hated corpse. May ~the cruel vulture tear
110  IBIS|           let there be (though you may be proud to be so~loved)
111  IBIS|            body, among the wolves.~May you be in a place far from
112  IBIS|   Maledictions: Ancient Torments~ ~May you not be tortured without
113  IBIS|          those of the Trojans,~and may you suffer pain as great
114  IBIS|           was nearly his own ruin.~May you know what Phoenix knew,
115  IBIS|            Thamyris and Demodocus.~May someone sever your genitals,
116  IBIS|          Or, as in Ariadne’s fate, may raging liquid rush~over
117  IBIS|          one born ~of Pyrrhus: nor may that rite of Ceres hide
118  IBIS|   Maledictions: Ancient Torments~ ~May you send those dearest to
119  IBIS|         the temple of Libyan Jove,~may the sand driven by south
120  IBIS|         the later Darius’s deceit,~may the ash as it subsides consume
121  IBIS|            from olive-rich Sicyon,~may hunger and cold be the causes
122  IBIS|        death.~Or like the Atarnean may you be brought, basely,~
123  IBIS|         sewn inside a bull’s-hide.~May your throat be cut in your
124  IBIS|            Larissa, by your wound, may you find~those faithless
125  IBIS|       whose tyranny Pisa suffered,~may you be hurled alive into
126  IBIS|          into shrouded waters.~And may the weapons sent by Jove
127  IBIS|            from Amastris’s shores,~may you be left naked on Achillean
128  IBIS|           has departed your limbs,~may avenging horses drag your
129  IBIS|        horses drag your vile body.~May some rock pierce your entrails,
130  IBIS|        lightning and the waves,~so may the waters that drown you
131  IBIS|       drown you be helped by fire.~May your crazed mind too be
132  IBIS|      Alcmaeon Callirhoe’s husband.~May your mother be no more chaste
133  IBIS|           her brother-in-law. ~And may the gods grant you have
134  IBIS|         necks bow, carrying water.~May your sister burn with fire
135  IBIS|     sinning.~If you’ve a daughter, may she be what Pelopea was ~
136  IBIS|   Maledictions: Ancient Torments~ ~May you die like the young men
137  IBIS|            than you dare hope for.~May you love Plutus, god of
138  IBIS|           from under your feet,~so may your fortune always vanish,
139  IBIS|       changed her form~repeatedly, may you be wasted by endless
140  IBIS|        hunger though full-fed:~and may you not be averse to human
141  IBIS|           in whatever~way you can, may you be the Tydeus of this
142  IBIS|            Tydeus of this age.~And may you commit an act to make
143  IBIS|            back from west to east:~may you repeat the vile banquet
144  IBIS|        delayed a father’s pursuit.~May you imitate real bulls in
145  IBIS|           first slit with a sword,~may you bellow like an ox in
146  IBIS|          return to years of youth, may you ~be deceived like Pelias,
147  IBIS|            s old father-in-law.~Or may you be drowned, as you ride,
148  IBIS|            did to Medusa’s cousin,~may ominous imprecations descend
149  IBIS|           in a shower of water~And may you suffer as many wounds
150  IBIS|       suffer his punishment alone,~may a horse with cruel teeth
151  IBIS|      Perseus, or the Cycnean hero,~may you fall, confined, into
152  IBIS|            from a savage enemy.~Or may Abdera set you apart for
153  IBIS|          down on you, accursed.~Or may you suffer the three-pronged
154  IBIS|          swift flames,~so, I pray, may you die by the fire of the
155  IBIS|            the divine avenger.~And may you be their prize to whom
156  IBIS|            scion of Crotopus. ~Nor may you suffer less from a poisonous
157  IBIS|         point into hollowed wood. ~May you approach high places
158  IBIS|          blood.~Or like Prometheus may you hang in Tartarus ~from
159  IBIS|            to the unconquered god.~May a brooding lioness of your
160  IBIS|           a death like Phalaecus’.~May the wild boar that killed
161  IBIS|        Idmon, destroy you too.~And may it even wound you as it
162  IBIS|         had transfixed, closed.~Or may you be like the Phrygian,
163  IBIS|         touches the Minoan sands, ~may the Cretan crowd think you’
164  IBIS|           think you’re from Corfu.~May you be buried in a falling
165  IBIS|            scion of Leoprepeus.~Or may you give your name to the
166  IBIS|      drowned in the rushing river.~May you be worthy of truncation,
167  IBIS|       eaten by your fellow men,~or may you give your burning limbs
168  IBIS|           in his desire for death.~May you suffer death shut in
169  IBIS|        iambics harm their creator,~may your insolent tongue be
170  IBIS|          of the grim lyre perished~may a wound to your right hand
171  IBIS|       wounded Agamemnonian Orestes~may you too die of an envenomed
172  IBIS|         die of an envenomed sting.~May the first night of your
173  IBIS|         tragedian Lycophron ended,~may an arrow pierce you, and
174  IBIS|            of the serpent, Cadmus.~May you be caught by a raging
175  IBIS|           wife Dirce was dragged. ~May your severed tongue lie
176  IBIS|         Cinna, harmed by his name,~may you be found scattered about
177  IBIS|             Ancient Torments~ ~And may that artisan, the bee, bury
178  IBIS|           And, on the harsh cliff, may your entrails be torn ~like
179  IBIS|     brother’s daughter was Pyrrha.~May you follow Thyestes’ example,
180  IBIS|           enter your father’s gut.~May the cruel sword maim your
181  IBIS|            s limbs were maimed.~Or may a noose close the passage
182  IBIS|           s throat was stopped.~Or may your naked entrails be revealed
183  IBIS|           Phrygian river.~Unhappy, may you see Medusa’s petrifying
184  IBIS|           into the sea’s waves.~Or may Cretan honey choke your
185  IBIS|            the two I’ve mentioned.~May you drink anxiously, where
186  IBIS|            imperturbable lips.~Nor may you be happier than Haemon
187  IBIS|            Haemon in your love:~or may you possess your sister
188  IBIS|         all was gripped by flames.~May you pay for infamies in
189  IBIS|        sister became a mother.~And may that kind of weapon cling
190  IBIS|            in the wooden Horse,~so may your vocal passage be closed
191  IBIS|          thumb.~Or like Anaxarchus may you be ground in a deep
192  IBIS|            does being pounded.~And may Apollo bury you in Tartarus’
193  IBIS|          did to his son Linus.~And may that plague affect your
194  IBIS|           killed by Venus’s anger,~may you an exile, be dragged
195  IBIS|             for ~his great wealth, may a host murder you for your
196  IBIS|         for your scant riches.~And may all your race die with you,
197  IBIS|         the musician’s natal ills,~may a just loathing visit your
198  IBIS|        Like Pelops’ sister, Niobe, may you be hardened ~to standing
199  IBIS|         air with a hurled ~discus, may you fall to a blow from
200  IBIS|      struck by your flailing arms,~may it all be worse to you than
201  IBIS|            waves, while ~swimming, may the waters of Styx choke
202  IBIS|           you ride the stormy sea,~may you die on touching land,
203  IBIS|          Euripides the tragic poet~may a pack of vigilant dogs
204  IBIS|         Words~ ~Or like a Sicilian may you leap over the giants’
205  IBIS|         emits its wealth of flame.~May the Thracian women, thinking
206  IBIS|          in the distant flames,~so may your pyre be lit by a burning
207  IBIS|            from Hercules’ body:~so may the baleful venom devour
208  IBIS|    Athenian child avenged Lycurgus may a wound~be left for you
209  IBIS|           fresh weapon.~Like Milo, may you try to split open the
210  IBIS|        withdraw your captive hand.~May you be hurt like Icarius,
211  IBIS|        death sadly ~to her father, may your throat be bound in
212  IBIS|           be bound in a noose.~And may you suffer starvation behind
213  IBIS|          according to his own law.~May you outrage a phantom, like
214  IBIS|         being an easy harbour. ~Or may you pay by death for a false
215  IBIS|         dark because of murder,~so may your entrails be stabbed
216  IBIS|     stabbed by spears,~so, I pray, may all help be withheld from
217  IBIS|         help be withheld from you.~May such night be yours, as
218  IBIS|         that great Achilles drove.~May you have no quieter a sleep
219  IBIS|          surrounded by dark fires,~may you bear your half-burned
220  IBIS|          leap the new-made ~walls, may a simple spear take your
221  IBIS|              Last, I pray that you may live and die in this place,~
222  IBIS|     confess: but, by their favour, may the gods ~grant more than
223   Ind|           of the friends, and Ovid may be referring to the incident
224   Ind|           knew of and repeated. He may possibly have witnessed ‘
225   Ind|          later works too, but Ovid may in fact be ‘playing it straight’
226   Ind|           Augustus dedicated it in May 2BC. The Julian Temple was
227   Ind|        Jupiter and Callisto. Arcas may alternatively be the Little
228   Ind|        this strong hint. The point may well be that Carus, the
229   Ind|            68 The use of carissime may again be significant, but
230   Ind|            that as above this poem may be to Cotta.~Book EI.V:1-
231   Ind|  Explicitly addressed to Cotta. He may have acted as a patron to
232   Ind|         victory.~Ibis:311-364 Ovid may intend Darius III (not the
233   Ind|         son worthy of his father’, may be a dig at Augustus, since
234   Ind|    Fragments of his plays survive. May be intended here.~ ~Euripides~
235   Ind|         did in fact happen on 26th May 17AD, for victories over
236   Ind|          temple of Janus, but this may equally refer to an earlier
237   Ind|           76 Book TII:313-360 Ovid may have intended to write a
238   Ind|            was consul suffectus in May 16 AD. A soldier interested
239   Ind|            of Hamilcar Barca. Ovid may refer to the incident after
240   Ind|           died there. Ovid’s crime may well have been linked to
241   Ind|       secure it for Tiberius. Ovid may have been involved in the
242   Ind|           and his wife Marcia. She may have been a relative of
243   Ind|           93-132 Livor, Envy, here may possibly be a veiled reference
244   Ind|    tragedies were highly esteemed. May be intended here.~ ~Lycoris~
245   Ind|      Lycurgus(2)~Ibis:597-644 Ovid may refer to the Athenian orator (
246   Ind|            secret female mysteries may indicate older rituals of
247   Ind|   concerned that pleading his case may have been a reason for Paullus’
248   Ind|   Athene-Minerva. Alternatively it may refer to Ajax the Lesser’
249   Ind|            that the helpful ‘Muse’ may have been a real ‘learned
250   Ind|          now, in Germanicus’s mind may be an allusion to the fact
251   Ind|        wore a turreted crown. Ovid may refer to Augustus’s re-dedication
252   Ind|            and presumably Augustus may have indicated this to him,
253   Ind|          that adulterous behaviour may also have been involved
254   Ind|       morally corrupting text), he may have witnessed a clandestine
255   Ind|     suggests the poems of Ex Ponto may not be in strict chronological
256   Ind|           intended to reach him by May AD16 when he took office,
257   Ind|      allowing for potential delays may have been written early
258   Ind|           and his wife Marcia. She may have been a relative of
259   Ind|           76 Book TII:313-360 Ovid may have intended to write a
260   Ind|        Their rising and setting in May and late October signalled
261   Ind|            of Vesta and the spring may have in fact been dedicated
262   Ind|           mounds or kurgans). They may have formed the basis for
263   Ind|            of Vesta and the spring may have in fact been dedicated
264   Ind|         Bithynia in 18 or 19AD. He may be the Vitellius who regained
265   Ind|         Corvinus belonged. Volesus may be the Sabine form of Valerius. ~