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OLYMPIAS = in Latin can mean a period of four or of five years; Ovid may have used _quinquennis_ to remove the ambiguity.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Nasonem nolles in quibus esse locis. sed tu quod nolles, uoluit miserabile fatum; ei mihi, plus illud quam tua uota ualet. in Scythia nobis quinquennis Olympias acta 5 iam tempus lustri transit in alterius. perstat enim Fortuna tenax, uotisque malignum opponit nostris insidiosa pedem. certus eras pro me, Fabiae laus, Maxime, gentis, numen ad Augustum supplice uoce loqui; 10 bruto _B2H2_ bruto amico suo _M_ ad brutum _FI2_ | | 1 illis] ipsis _T_
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Philip de Winghe describes them as those of a _puer quinquennis_, a boy five years old. [
Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888
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