Vestalis

= Ovid similarly calls Vestalis as his witness at vii 3-4 'aspicis en praesens quali iaceamus in aruo,/nec me testis eris falsa solere queri'.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Donnus, ancestor of Vestalis, 253 editions of the _Ex Ponto_ before Heinsius, 37

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

It puts the weight of the line on _ad primum ... pilum_ rather than on Vestalis himself; the pentameter, with its emphasis on the _honor_, suggests that this is right.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Tomis owes something to IV vii, the letter to Vestalis.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

The poem starts with a description of the harsh climate of Tomis, to which Vestalis along with Ovid can now testify, and of the savagery of the inhabitants (1-12).

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

ORAS = (_CI_) seems more suited to the nature of Vestalis 'command than

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

This Cottius would probably have been Vestalis 'older brother; André is therefore right to infer that Vestalis' n'était pas l'héritier du trône, ce qu'Ovide n'aurait pas manqué de signaler '.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

But Ovid devoted four lines to describing Vestalis 'new rank: he must have believed that Vestalis would consider it a very great honour indeed.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Missus es Euxinas quoniam, Vestalis, ad oras, ut positis reddas iura sub axe locis, aspicis en praesens quali iaceamus in aruo, nec me testis eris falsa solere queri; accedet uoci per te non irrita nostrae, 5

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

Ovid's description of Vestalis 'exploit is little more than a string of conventional phrases.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid