The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait
- DMI number:
- 28043
- First Line:
- The valiant Nisus took his lot to wait
- Last Line:
- Or Rome's majestic lord the conquered world command
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Fighting / conflict, Friendship, and Ancient history
- Author:
- Christopher Pitt
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- LION: Christopher Pitt's translation of Virgil's Aeneid, Book IX.
- Translated from:
- Virgil
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Virgil's Aeneid, Book IX
- Title:
- The polite companion: containing essays illustrated with passages from the poets, orators [T202654] [Vol.1]
- Page No(s):
- pp.9-21
- Poem Title:
- The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus.
- Attribution:
- Mr Pitt's Translation.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
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