"Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo."
— Virgil
January 1, 1970
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Poets from Rome
Virgil
People from Lombardy
Original Language: English
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Line 312 (tr. Robert Fagles); spoken by Juno. — Variant translation: — : If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move Hell. — Compare: — Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. — John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), Book I, line 263 — If Heaven thou can'st not bend, Hell thou shalt move. — Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, line 307
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Line 312 (tr. Robert Fagles); spoken by Juno. — Variant translation: — : If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move Hell. — Compare: — Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. — John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), Book I, line 263 — If Heaven thou can'st not bend, Hell thou shalt move. — Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, Book III, line 307