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In the following passage from Livy's story of Lucretia, who does "him" refer to?
"What is due to him," Lucretia said, "is for you to decide. As for me I am innocent of fault, but I will take my punishment. Never shall Lucretia provide a precedent for unchaste women to escape what they deserve." With these words she drew a knife from under her robe, drove it into her heart, and fell forward, dead |
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Who wrote the following?
"Lesbia, you ask how many smoochifications/ would be enough to satisfy, to sate me"
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Who wrote the following?
You life is death already, though you live/ And though you see, except that half your time/ You waste in sleep, and the other half you snore/ With eyes wide open, forever seeing dreams,/ Forever in panic, forever lacking wit/ To find out what the trouble is, depressed,/ Or drunk, drifting aimlessly around.
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Who wrote the following?
"Though innocent you shall atone for the crimes/ of your fathers, Roman, until you have restored/ the temples and crumbling shrines of the Gods/ and their statues grimy with smoke."
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Who wrote the following?
But the theatre's curving tiers should form your favorite/ Hunting-ground: here you are sure to find/ The richest returns, be your wish for lover or playmate,/ A one-night stand or a permanent affair.
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Who wrote the following?
"My intention is to tell of bodies changed/ to different forms; the gods, who made the changes, / will help me - or I hope so - with a poem / that runs from the world's beginning to our own days."
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Who wrote the following?
"I sing of warfare and a man at war./ From the sea-coast of Troy in early days/ He came to Italy by destiny."
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