Naevius: CN. NAEVI BELLI POENICI FRAGMENTA

2. Gell. XVII 21, 45 eodemque anno [519 a.u.c. 235 a.Ch.n.] Cn.
Naeuius poeta fabulas apud populum dedit, quem M. Varro in libro de poetis
primo stipendia fecisse ait bello Poenico primo idque ipsum Naeuium dicere
in eo carmine, quod de eodem bello scripsit.

2. Gell. 17.21, 45 and in the same year [519 a.u.c. 235 B.C.] Cn. Naevius, the poet, produced plays before the people, whom M. Varro, in his book On Poets, says first made stipends in the First Punic War, and that Naevius himself so declares in that poem which he wrote about that same war.

3. Scopas atque uerbenas sagmina sumpserunt.

3. They took up brooms and vervain and cloaks.

4. Manius Valerius
consul partem exerciti in expeditionem
ducit.

4. Manius Valerius
the consul leads part of the army on an expedition.

5. fames acer augescit hostibus ...

5. a keen hunger grew among the enemies ...

6. apud emporium in campo hostium pro moene

6. at Emporium, in the field of the enemies, before the walls

7. Inerant signa expressa, quomodo Titani,
bicorpores Gigantes magnique Atlantes
Runcus ac Purpureus filii Terras

7. There were figures carved, showing how the Titans,
two-bodied Giants and the great Atlantes
Runcus and Purpureus, sons of the Earth

8. amborum uxores
noctu Troiad exibant capitibus opertis,
flentes ambae, abeuntes lacrimis cum multis.

8. the wives of both
by night came forth from Troy with their heads covered,
both weeping, departing with many tears.

9. Seru. Dan. Aen.

9. Servius. Daniel. Aeneid.

X 712 Prochyta ... hanc Naeuius in primo belli
Punici de cognata Aeneae nomen accepisse dicit.

X 712 Prochyta ... Naevius says, in the first book of the Punic War,
that this Prochyta received her name from being a kinswoman of Aeneas.

10. Eorum sectam sequuntur multi mortales ...
multi alii e Troia strenui uiri ...
ubi foras cum auro illinc exibant.

10. Many mortals follow their sect ...
many others, valiant men from Troy ...
where thence they went forth outside with gold.

11. Seru. Dan. Aen.

11. Servius Daniel on the Aeneid.

I 170 nouam ... rem Naeuius bello Punico
dicit, unam nauem habuisse Aeneam, quam Mercurius fecerit.

I 170 Naevius says a new ... thing about the Punic War
— that Aeneas had one ship which Mercury made.

12. Res diuas edicit, praedicit castus.

A chaste man proclaims divine matters and foretells them.

13. Schol. Verg. Aen.

13. Scholia on Vergil's Aeneid.

Cod. Paris. lat.7930 saec.

Parisian Latin Codex 7930, century.

XI ad Aen. VII
123 Anchises fatorum arcana reliquit] hoc autem non praedixit Anchises, sed
Celaeno: unde uel catasiopomenon intellegendum est uel diuinitatem Anchisae
assignat, qui ubique diuinus dicitur. Naeuius enim dicit Venerem libros
futura continentes Anchisae dedisse, unde reliquit aut mandauit significat
aut libros reliquit qui haec responsa continebant.

XI on Aen. VII
123 "Anchises left the secrets of the fates"] But this was not foretold by Anchises, but by Celaeno: whence either catasiopomenon must be understood, or it assigns divinity to Anchises, who is everywhere called divine. For Naevius says that Venus gave Anchises books containing the future, whence "he left" or "he entrusted" is meant, or "he left behind books" which contained these responses.

14. Senex fretus pietati deum adlocutus
summi deum regis fratrem Neptunum
regnatorem marum

14. The old man, trusting in the piety of the gods, addressed Neptune,
brother of the supreme god and king, ruler of the seas

15. Siluicolae homines bellique inertes

15. Forest-dwelling men, and idle in war

16. Macrob. VI 2, 31 in principio Aeneidos tempestas describitur
et Venus apud Iouem queritur ... hic locus totus sumptus a Naeuio est ex
primo libro Punici belli. illic enim aeque Venus Troianis tempestate
laborantibus cum Ioue queritur, et secuntur uerba Iouis filiam consolatis
spe futurorum.

16. Macrob. 6 2, 31 in the beginning of the Aeneid a storm is described
and Venus complains to Jupiter ... this whole passage is taken by Naevius from
the first book of the Punic War. For there likewise Venus, with the Trojans
suffering from a storm, complains to Jupiter, and the words of Jupiter follow, consoling the daughter with a hope of the future.

17. Seru. Dan. Aen.

17. Servius Daniel on the Aeneid.

I 198 et totus hic locus de Naeuio belli
Punici libro translatus est.

1.198 and this whole passage has been transferred from Naevius's Punic War
book.

18. ei uenit in mentem hominum fortunas.

18. the fortunes of men came into his mind.

19. patrem suum supremum optumum appellat.

19. he calls his father his supreme, his best.

20. summe deum regnator quianam genus odisti?

20. O highest ruler of the gods, why then do you hate the human race?

LIBER II

BOOK 2

21. prima incedit Cereris Proserpina puer

21. first advances Proserpina, child of Ceres

22. dein pollens sagittis inclutus arquitenens
sanctus Ioue prognatus Pythius Apollo

22. then mighty in arrows, renowned and bow-bearing,
holy, begotten of Jove, Pythian Apollo

23. Seru. Dan. Aen.

23. Servius. Daniel. Aeneid.

IV 9 cuius filiae fuerint Anna et Dido Naeuius
dicit.

4 9 of whom the daughters were Anna and Dido, Naevius says.

24. pulchraque ... ex auro uestemque citrosam

24. and beautiful ... and a citron‑colored garment of gold

25. ferunt pulchras creterras, aureas lepistas.

25. they bring beautiful Cretan wares, golden lepistas.

26. C.Gl.L. II 17,34 angla oges trapezai trigonoi, hos Nebios.

26. C.Gl.L. II 17,34: angla oges, trapezai trigonoi — these triangular tables (trapezai trigonoi), called inglesa oges, are Nebios.

27. Fest. p. 406 L. supparus ... parum puni ... cat neuius de ...
co.

27. Fest. p. 406 L. supparus ... punished too little ... Cat. Nevius concerning ...
co.

28. blande et docte percontat Aenea quo pacto
Troiam urbem liquerit

28. blandly and learnedly Aeneas asks by what manner
he had left the city of Troy

29. Varro in libris rerum diuinarum ap. Lactant. inst. I 6,9
quartam [sc. Sibyllam] Cimmeriam in Italia Naeuius in libris belli Punic
Piso in annalibus [fr. 41 Peter] nominat.

29. Varro in his books On Divine Matters, cited in Lactantius, Inst. 1.6.9
names the fourth [i.e. the Sibyl], the Cimmerian, in Italy; Naevius in his books The Punic War;
Piso in his annals (fr. 41 Peter) likewise names her.

30. iamque eius mentem fortuna fecerat quietem.

30. and now fortune had made his mind quiet.

LIBER III

BOOK 3

31. postquam auem aspexit in templo Anchisa,
sacra in mensa penatium ordine ponuntur;
immolabat auream uictimam pulchram.

31. after he saw the bird in Anchises' temple,
the sacred rites were placed upon the table of the penates in order;
he was sacrificing a beautiful golden victim.

32. manusque susum ad caelum sustulit suas rex Amulius diuisque
gratulabatur.

32. and King Amulius raised his hands up to heaven
and gave thanks to the gods.

33. Seru. Dan. Aen.

33. Servius. Daniel. Aeneas.

I 273 Naeuius et Ennius Aeneae ex filia
nepotem Romulum conditorem urbis tradunt.

1 273 Naevius and Ennius relate that from Aeneas's daughter
comes a grandson, Romulus, the founder of the city.

34. Varr. l. L. V 53 quartae regionis Palatium ... eundem hunc
locum a pecore dictum putant quidam. itaque Naeuius Balatium appellat.

34. Varro, l. L. V 53 — the Palatium of the fourth region ... some think that this same place is named from pecus (a flock); and so Naevius calls it Balatium.

35. Varr. l. L. V 43 Auentinum aliquot de causis dicunt. Naeuius
ab auibus, quod eo se ab Tiberi ferrent aues.

35. Varr. l. L. V 43 They call it the Aventine for several reasons. Naevius
from the birds, because birds were borne there from the Tiber.

LIBER IV

BOOK 4

36. simul atrocia proicerent exta ministratores

36. at the same time the attendants cast forth the dread entrails

37. uirum praetor aduenit auspicat auspicium prosperum.

37. a man, the praetor, arrived, taking auspices of a prosperous omen.

38. Fest. p. 156 L. nauali corona ... primus eam accepit ... C.
Atilius bello Punico primo, ut a Naeuio narratum est in carmine belli
Punici.

38. Festus p. 156 L. naval crown ... he first received it ... C.
Atilius in the First Punic War, as narrated by Naevius in the song of the Punic War.

39. Priscian. G.L.K. II p. 249 huius [sc. uocis Samnis] neutrum
Naeuius Samnite protulit in carmine belli Punici. Ibid.

39. Priscian. G.L.K. II p. 249: of this word (namely "Samnis") Naevius employed neither form; he did not introduce "Samnite" into his poem of the Punic War. Ibid.

p. 388 Naeuius
neutraliter hoc Samnite protulit in carmine belli Punici.

p. 388 Naevius
neutrally this Samnite put forth this in the poem of the Punic War.

40. transit Melitam
Romanus exercitus, insulam integram urit
populatur, uastat, rem hostium concinnat.

40. the Roman army crosses into Melita,
burns the entire island,
plunders, lays waste, and arranges the enemies' spoils.

41. ... eam carnem uictoribus danunt

41. ... they give that flesh to the victors

42. uicissatim uolui uictoriam ...

42. in turn I desired victory ...

LIBER V

BOOK 5

43. seseque ei perire mauolunt ibidem
quam cum stupro redire ad suos popularis.

43. and they would rather perish there for him
than return to their own in shame.

44. sin illos deserant fortissimos uiros,
magnum stuprum populo fieri per gentes.

44. but if they abandon those most valiant men,
a great outrage will be done to the people by the nations.

LIBER VI

BOOK 6

45. censet eo uenturum obuiam Poenum

45. he judges that a Poenian (Phoenician) will come there to meet him.

46. fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules.

46. by fate the Metelli are made consuls at Rome.

47. superbiter contemptim conterit legiones.

47. proudly, with contempt, he crushes the legions.

48. onerariae onustae stabant in flustris

48. laden cargo-ships stood moored in the barges

49. conuenit regnum simul atque locos ut haberent

49. it was fitting that they should simultaneously possess a kingdom and places.

50. septimum decimum annum ilico sedent.

50. they sit there for the seventeenth year.

LIBER VII

BOOK 7

51. Sicilienses paciscit obsides ut reddant

51. He bargains with the Sicilians for hostages, that they may deliver them.

52. id quoque paciscunt moenia sint quae
Lutatium reconciliant, captiuos plurimos

52. they likewise stipulate that there be walls which reconcile Lutetia,
and very many captives

FRAGMENTA INCERTAE SEDIS ET DVBIA

FRAGMENTS OF UNCERTAIN POSITION AND DOUBTFUL PIECES

53. magnam domum decoremque ditem uexerant.

53. they had built a great house and borne a rich adornment.

54. simul alius aliunde rumitant inter se.

54. at the same time others from elsewhere ruminate among themselves.

55. magnae metus tumultus pectora possidit.

55. a great tumult of fear possessed their hearts.

56. plerique omnes subiguntur sub unum iudicium.

56. most, even all, are brought under one judgment.

57. quod bruti nec satis sardare queunt

57. that which the brutish cannot sufficiently restrain.

58. atque prius pariet locusta lucam bouem

58. and sooner will a locust bear an ox in a grove.

59. Gell. V 12,7 Lucetium ... Iouem Cn. Naeuius in libris belli
Poenici appellat.

59. Gell. V 12,7 Cn. Naevius, in his books of the Punic
War, calls Lucetius ... Jupiter.

60. Fest. p. 316 L. runa genus teli significat ... Naeui ...

60. Fest. p. 316 L. runa signifies a kind of missile ... Naevius ...

61. Fest. p. 158 L. nemut nisi etiam uel ... i Punici cumait
nemut ... aerumnas.

61. Festus p. 158 L. "nemut" — unless also "vel" — ... in Punic "cumait" "nemut" ... hardships.

62. Paul. exc. Fest.

62. Paul. excerpted in Festus.

p. 18 L. Aenesi dicti sunt comites Aeneae.

p. 18 L. "Aenesi" are given as the companions of Aeneas.

63. Paul. exc. Fest.

63. Paul. excerpt from Festus.

p. 18 L. Aenariam appellauere locum, ubi
Aeneas classem a Troia ueniens appulit.

p. 18 L. They called the place Aenaria, where
Aeneas, coming from Troy, landed his fleet.

64. Fest. 482 L. topper significare ait Artorius cito, fortasse,
celeriter, temere ... citius; sic C. naeuicapesset flammam Volcani.

64. Fest. 482 L. that "topper" signifies, says Artorius: quickly, perhaps,
swiftly, rashly ... more quickly; thus C. seized the flame of Vulcan.

65. Fest. p. 374 L. sublicium pontem ... et meminit s ... qui ait
in belli ... quam liquidum ... amnem.

65. Fest. p. 374 L. the sublician bridge ... and he mentions s ... who says in the war ... how clear ... the stream.

SATYRA

SATIRE

66. quianam Saturnium populum pepulisti?

66. which Saturnian people did you drive away?

EPITAPHIVM NAEVII

EPITAPH OF NAEVIUS

67. inmortales mortales si foret fas flere,
flerent diuae Camenae Naeuium poetam.
itaque postquam est Orcho traditus thesauro,
obliti sunt Romae loquier lingua Latina.

67. If it were lawful for immortals to weep for mortals,
the divine Camenae would weep for Naevius the poet.
and so, after he was handed over to Orcus’ treasure,
they forgot in Rome how to speak the Latin tongue.