Mythology & Folklore
Priapea 1
Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough (Loeb, 1918) · From Minor Poems (Loeb, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
In spring I am covered with roses, in autumn with fruits, in summer with ears of corn: winter alone is to me a horrid plague. For the cold I dread, and am afraid that your god of wood may furnish fuel to heedless husbandmen.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Appendix Vergiliana; authorship by Virgil doubtful.
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Virgil. “Priapea 1.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/37/.
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Virgil. “Priapea 1.” Translated by H. Rushton Fairclough. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/virgil/37/.
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