Look with favor upon a bold beginning.

Audacibus annua coeptis.

Virgil

Georgics

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Topic

Taking risks New beginnings

Author

Virgil

Source

Georgics

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

29 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

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Topic
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Genre
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My beloved is mine, and I am his.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Another quote originally in Latin

What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Topic
Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

Author

Tertullian
Source
On the Prescription of Heretics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Latin
Time
220 220s 3rd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.