Claudian, volume 1 (of 2)

- Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis

Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis volvis inexhausto redeuntia saecula motu, sparge diem meliore coma crinemque repexi blandius elato surgant temone iugales efflantes roseum frenis spumantibus ignem. iam nova germanis vestigia torqueat annus consulibus, laetique petant exordia menses. Scis genus Auchenium, nec te latuere potentes Anniadae; nam saepe soles ductoribus illis instaurare vias et cursibus addere nomen. why_score: > Plot-architecture 是 '散篇 panegyric-invective 集' 之 multi-piece mesh: 'Panegyricus Probino et Olybrio' 三 Auchenii 兄弟之 astronomical metaphor + 'De bello Gothico' 之 Gildo 反 Stilicho + 'In Eutropium' 之 eunuch-consul 之 monstrous-birth invective, 各篇独立成 piece, 集成 'Honorius 治下 Stilicho 政权之四年 (395-408) 之文学纪念碑'. Plot 较散但 '集-piece' 内部一致, 故 75.

- Scis genus Auchenium, nec te latuere potentes

Scis genus Auchenium, nec te latuere potentes Anniadae; nam saepe soles ductoribus illis instaurare vias et cursibus addere nomen. his neque per dubium pendet Fortuna favorem nec novit mutare vices, sed fixus in omnes cognatos procedit honos. quemcumque require hac de stirpe virum: certum est de consule nasci. Their ancestors are counted by the fasces (for each has held them), the same recurring honours crown them, and a like destiny awaits their children in unbroken succession. why_score: > Cast-distribution: Claudian + Stilicho / Honorius / Serena / Eucherius / Maria / Gildo / Alaric / Rufinus / Eutropius / Pluto-Proserpina / Athaulf 等, 是 '晚期罗马 court-of-Honorius 之 multi-imperial-actor 之 Latin hexameter 诗之代表'. Cast 之 'panegyric-invective' 集之大. 故 86.

- nunc quid agam? Libyam Gildo tenet, altera Nilum.

nunc quid agam? Libyam Gildo tenet, altera Nilum. ast ego, quae terras umeris pontumque subegi, deseror: emeritae iam praemia nulla senectae. What am I to do now to leave my husband; Gildo holds Libya, another Egypt; while I, who subdued land and sea with my strong arm, am left to perish. Veteran of so many wars, can I claim no reward in mine old age? why_score: > Pace 之 'panegyric-invective 集' 之 'multi-piece-mesh': 'Panegyricus Probino' 立 cosmic-invocation → 'De bello Gothico' 立 Africa 反 Stilicho 之 'molecular sentence' (vocative + exclamation + complaint) → 'In Eutropium' 立 monstrous-birth 之 Eutropius-attack → 'In Rufinum' II 立 Rufinus 之死后 rapax 反诗 → 'De raptu Proserpinae' 未完成之 Pluto-Proserpina 神话. Pace 之 'Silver Latin 之 late-classical hexameter' 之代表. 故 80.

- Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis

Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis volvis inexhausto redeuntia saecula motu, sparge diem meliore coma crinemque repexi blandius elato surgant temone iugales efflantes roseum frenis spumantibus ignem. Sun, that encirclest the world with reins of flame and rollest in ceaseless motion the revolving centuries, scatter thy light with kindlier beams and let thy coursers, their manes combed and they breathing forth a rosy flame from their foaming bits, climb the heavens more jocund in their loftier drawn chariot. why_score: > Claudian 以 'flammigeris + complexus + habenis + inexhausto + redeuntia + saecula + motu' 立 'Silver Latin 之 cosmic-oikistes' 主题 — 'Sun-as-quadriga-cosmic-rotation' 之 'rising-dactyl + spondee' 节奏 之 'mythic-hexameter' 之代表. Prose 极高, 是 'Silver Latin 之 dactylic hexameter 之 closing-masterpiece'. 故 92.

- atque utinam regnum! privato iure tenemur

atque utinam regnum! privato iure tenemur exigui specie fundi. quod Nilus et Atlas dissidet, occiduis quod Gadibus arida Barce quodque Paraetonio secedit litore Tingi, hoc sibi transcripsit proprium. Rule—would it were rule: a private owner possesses me, as it had been some pelting farm. From Nile to Atlas' mount, from scorched Barce to western Gades, from Tingi to Egypt's coast Gildo has appropriated the land as his own. why_score: > Claudian 以 'Nilo + Atlas + Barce + Tingi + Gades + Paraetonio + Gildo + Stilicho' 之 8-联地理 specificity 立 '晚期罗马地中海之 'world' 之 'geographical specificity' 之 'Silver Latin 之 world-as-panorama' 之 'geographical-imagery' 是 'Silver Latin 之 world' 之代表. 故 88.

- Semiferos partus metuendaque pignora matri

Semiferos partus metuendaque pignora matri moenibus et mediis auditum nocte luporum Let the world cease to wonder at the births of creatures half human, half bestial, at monstrous babes that affright their own mothers why_score: > Hook 是 'In Eutropium' I.1 之 'Semiferos partus + metuendaque pignora matri' 立 'monstrous-births 之 half-human half-bestial' 之 'Eutropius-cum-monster' 之 'invective-of-othering'. 'eunuch-consul Eutropius' 被反人化为 'half-human half-bestial' 之 'monstrous-birth', 与 'Panegyricus Probino' I.1 之 'Sun-as-quadriga' 立 'cosmic-oikistes' 并行, 两系 opening 立 'Silver Latin panegyric-invective' 之 hook-mesh. 故 86.

- Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis

Sol, qui flammigeris mundum complexus habenis volvis inexhausto redeuntia saecula motu, sparge diem meliore coma crinemque repexi blandius elato surgant temone iugales efflantes roseum frenis spumantibus ignem. iam nova germanis vestigia torqueat annus consulibus, laetique petant exordia menses. why_score: > Claudian 之 'Latin classical hexameter' 是 'Silver Latin 之 closing-masterpiece' — 此 'Carmina (395-404)' 是 '晚期罗马 拉丁文 panegyric / invective / epithalamium 之集大成': 同体之前驱有 'Virgil / Horace / Ovid / Lucan / Statius / Valerius Flaccus 之 Latin hexameter 之集; 此 'Claudian Carmina' 是 'Silver Latin 之 closing-master'. 后世 'Dante / Petrarch / Poliziano' 之 'Silver-cum-Renaissance' 之继承 'Claudian 之 late-classical style' 之代表. 故 94.

- Give the first place to the Auchenii and let who will contest the second. It is as when the moon queens it in the calm northern sky and her orb gleams with brightness equal to that of her brother whose light she reflects; for then the starry hosts give place, Arcturus' beam grows dim and tawny Leo loses his angry glint, far-spaced shine the Bear's stars in the Wain, wroth at their eclipse, Orion's shafts grow dark as he looks in feeble amaze at his strengthless arm.

Give the first place to the Auchenii and let who will contest the second. It is as when the moon queens it in the calm northern sky and her orb gleams with brightness equal to that of her brother whose light she reflects; for then the starry hosts give place, Arcturus' beam grows dim and tawny Leo loses his angry glint, far-spaced shine the Bear's stars in the Wain, wroth at their eclipse, Orion's shafts grow dark as he looks in feeble amaze at his strengthless arm. why_score: > Ending 是 'lunar simile' 立 'Auchenii 兄弟 = 星辰之 rising-twins' 之 astronomical-closing — 'moon + Arcturus + Leo + Bear + Orion' 之 'astronomical-metaphor' 之 'panegyric-closing-of-consuls' 之 'cosmic-mythological-closing'. Ending 之 'Silver Latin 之 astronomical panegyric-closing' 之代表. 故 84.