Epic poem · 1617

The Rape of Proserpine (Digges)

by Claudian

Translated by Leonard Digges (1617)

The first English verse translation of Claudian's unfinished epic of Pluto's abduction of Proserpine, by Leonard Digges, the editor of Shakespeare's Poems (1640).

Contents · 3 parts

• Book Iabout 670 lines
• Book IIabout 570 lines
• Book IIIabout 700 lines

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