Roman Letters

Letter 7013: Ad Felicem socium

Venantius Fortunatus→Felix|c. 585 AD|Venantius Fortunatus|To Felix (recipient)|AI-assisted
friendship
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XIII
To Felix, his companion

You for whom the lofty summits of the Pierian height [the abode of the Muses] stand firm in their proud eminence, I can scarcely reach the barriers with my humble hand; but since there was one hall of our homeland for us companions, trusting in affection I knock, kindly one, at your doors.

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Latin / Greek Original

XIII
Ad Felicem socium
Ardua Pierio cui constant culmina fastu,
vix humili valeo tangere claustra manu,
sed quoniam patriae fuit aula sodalibus una,
adfectu fidens pulso, benigne, fores.

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Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern venantius fortunatus retranslated v1.

    Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://data.mgh.de/openmgh/bsb00000790.zip

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