Claudius Claudianus citátov
Claudius Claudianus
Dátum narodenia: 370
Dátum úmrtia: 404
Claudius Claudianus bol rímsky básnik pôsobiaci na dvore cisára Honoria a neskôr pod ochranou jeho barbarského dvorského ministra Stilichona. Na rozdiel od väčšiny básnikov svojej doby, ktorý patrili k rímskej senátorskej aristokracii a zaoberali sa literárnou tvorbou ako voľnočasovou kratochvíľou, bol Claudianus, pôvodom Grék z Alexandrie, profesionálny básnik, ktorý sa živil svojim literárnym nadaním. Jeho poézia sa výrazne líši od nezáväznej, vysoko sofistikovanej ale k dobovým problémom hluchej tvorby rímskej šľachty. Claudianov talent mu získal uznanie a podporu mocných osobností doby, ktorý si udržal až do konca svojho života, a bol svojimi súčasníkmi považovaný za jedného z najväčších literárnych géniov svojej doby.
Citáty Claudius Claudianus
„Virtue hidden hath no value.“
— Claudian
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#222.
„No longer can I complain that the unrighteous man reaches the highest pinnacle of success. He is raised aloft that he may be hurled down in more headlong ruin.“
— Claudian
Iam non ad culmina rerum
iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum
ut lapsu graviore ruant.
In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 21-23 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/In_Rufinum/1*.html#21.
Originál: (la) Iam non ad culmina rerum<br/>iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum<br/>ut lapsu graviore ruant.
„But he whom reason, not anger, animates is a peer of the gods.“
— Claudian
Dis proximus ille est,
quem ratio non ira movet.
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli, lines 227-228 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Manlio_Theodoro*.html#227.
Originál: (la) Dis proximus ille est,<br/>quem ratio non ira movet.
„If thou make any law or establish any custom for the general good, be the first to submit thyself thereto; then does a people show more regard for justice nor refuse submission when it has seen their author obedient to his own laws. The world shapes itself after its ruler's pattern, nor can edicts sway men's minds so much as their monarch's life; the unstable crowd ever changes along with the prince.“
— Claudian
In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum,
primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi
fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum
auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis
regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus
humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis.
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, lines 296-301 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#296.
Originál: (la) In commune iubes si quid censesque tenendum, <br/>primus iussa subi: tunc observantior aequi <br/>fit populus nec ferre negat, cum viderit ipsum <br/>auctorem parere sibi. componitur orbis <br/>regis ad exemplum, nec sic inflectere sensus <br/>humanos edicta valent quam vita regentis.
„Biting poverty and cruel Cupid are my foes. Hunger I can endure; love I cannot.“
— Claudian
Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:
sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor.
Epigram XV http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/Carmina_Minora*/omnia.html#XV
Originál: (la) Paupertas me saeva domat dirusque Cupido:<br/>sed toleranda fames, non tolerandus amor.
„Death renders all equal.“
— Claudian
De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Raptu_Proserpinae/2*.html#302.
Variant translation: Death makes all things equal.
Originál: (la) Omnia mors aequat.
„Whoso causes terror is himself more fearful.“
— Claudian
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 290 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#290.
Originál: (la) Qui terret plus ipse timet.
„Presence will minish awe.“
— Claudian
De Bello Gildonico, line 387 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_Bello_Gildonico*.html#385.
Variant translation: Presence diminishes fame.
Originál: (la) Minuit praesentia famam.
„Vile latens virtus.“
— Claudian
Virtue hidden hath no value.
Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu Honorii Augusti, line 222 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/De_IV_Consulatu_Honorii*.html#222.
