Night came down, and enfolded the earth in her dusky wings.

Nox ruit et fuscit tellurem amplectitur alis.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Night

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 8.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 8.

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

How many things I can do without!

Socrates

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Topic
Simple living Materialism
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Diogenes Laërtius
Source
Socrates The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Genre
Biography
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 2, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, ch. 5.

Another quote originally in Latin

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things-bread and circuses!

Juvenal

Satires

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Topic
Decline of civilization Decadence

Author

Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
127 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic
Steadfastness Dependability Inner strength Courage

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.