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Often appears with: voyages and seafaring · phrygia · nicaea · fate, destiny, and necessity · climate, terrain, and their effects · asia minor
Usually: verse (1) · the stranger's arrival (1) · wonder (1)
Catullus urges leaving Phrygia and Nicaea, pushing on toward Asia’s starry cities as spring returns, equinoctial winds settle, and travel energy rises.
Look! thy mansion, a sovereign Home most goodly, by him to thee (150) Given. Reign as a queen within, Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O Hymen, O Hymenaeus. 160 Still when hoary decrepitude, Shaking wintery brows benign, (155) Nods a tremulous Yes to all. Hymen, O Hymenaeus, O Hymen, O Hymenaeus. 165 With fair augury smite the bl…