
“The Muse gave the Greeks their native character, and allowed them to speak in noble tones, they who desired nothing but praise.”
Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo
Musa loqui, præter laudem nullius avaris. . .
Grais ingenium, Grais dedit ore rotundo
Musa loqui, præter laudem nullius avaris. . .
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Ars Poetica, or The Epistle to the Pisones (c. 18 BC)