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  • Suas habeant Romanae? lascivias; purpurissa, ac cerussa ora perungant, fomenta libidinum, et corruptae mentis indicia; vestrum ornamentum deus sit, pudicitia, virtutis studium.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Tem classe, postura dramática e muito bom gosto - coisa que falta às mulheres bonitas do início do Século XXI… Suas curvas sensuais e seu desempenho em filmes são excelentes.

    An Ann-Margret Retrospective 2007

  • (Sen _Suas_ II 19 = Morel 120), but, as André remarks, the fact that he, like Ovid, was a follower of the rhetor Porcius Latro is hardly sufficient evidence for the identification.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Cornelius Severus, the recipient of the second poem, was one of the most famous epic poets of the day; he is mentioned by Quintilian (X i 89), and the elder Seneca preserves his lines on the death of Cicero (_Suas_ VI 26), Albinovanus

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • His power of describing character is noted by Seneca, _Suas. _ vi.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • _Suas_ III 6-8, Seneca discusses Gallio's fondness for the Virgilian phrase _plena deo_ (which, oddly, is not found in our text of the poet), and quotes Gallio as saying that his friend Ovid was also very fond of the phrase.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • Professor Tarrant also points out to me the possible relevance of _locus_ in the sense _locus communis_ (compare Sen _Suas_ I 9 'dixit ... _locum_ de uarietate fortunae'); Ovid might be saying that his poetry had made rather frequent use of the _locus de exilio_.

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

  • _Suas. _ 6, 17, states that he fled first to Tusculum, then to Formiae, and took ship from Caieta, but returned to land, exclaiming, 'Moriar in patria saepe servata.'

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • [48] "Dellendus Cicero est, Latiaeque silentia linguae" -- _Sen Suas.

    The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

  • The subject (Suas. 2) debated is whether the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae, seeing themselves deserted by the army, shall remain or flee.

    The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

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