Publius Ovidius Naso, Amores 1.9.31-46

Ovid describes the act of being a lover as very hard work. It is impossible to stay lazy while being a lover.

 

Tier 1

ergo is quis amorem pigrum vocabat, desinat. amor habet naturam impigrum.

 

magnus Achilles iratus est quia Briseis abducta est - dum licet vobis, Troiani, frangite Graecos milites.

 

Hector ibat ad arma ab conplexibus uxoris suae, Andromaches, et erat Andromaches quae galeam in capiti Hectoris poneret.

 

dicitur Agamemnon, cum conspexit Cassandram, filia Priami, Agamemnon stupefactus est capillis eius.

 

Mars captus quoque sensit vincula Vulcani; nulla fabula fuit famosior in caelo.

 

ego ipse eram piger et natus sum in facilia otia; lectus et umbra meum animum mollem fecerant.

 

amor formosae puellae ursit pigrum me et puella iussit me pecuniam facere in castris suis.

 

deinde tu vides me agilem et gerentem nocturna bella. is qui nolet esse piger, amet!

Written by Robert Amstutz

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