Glasgow University Emblem Website Copyright. Quick Search:. Brutus, defeated by the Caesarean troops, saw Pharsalia flowing with citizen blood.
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius became the leaders of the Republican cause. Pharsalia is here loosely used, as in the Roman poets, to refer to both sites of similar civil conflict.
Hint: You can set whether related emblems are displayed by default on the preferences page. Hint: You can turn translations and name underlining on or off using the preferences page. Ocni effigies, de iis qui meretricibus do- nant, quod in bonos usus verti debeat. A representation of Ocnus.
On those who give to whores what should be turned to good use. I mpiger haud cessat funem contexere sparto, Humidaque artifici iungere fila manu. Foemina, iners animal, facili congesta marito Lucra rapit, mundum prodigit inque suum. Ocnus never stops busily plaiting rope from broom, joining the damp fibres with skilful hand. But what he manages to spin with great effort in many hours the she-ass, a beast with greedy guts, continuously consumes. The painting by Polygnotus depicting this scene is described in Pausanias, Periegesis See also Propertius, Elegies 4.
Ocnus, idleness personified, was a proverbial example of wasted effort. Variant reading, artificis Privacy notice Terms and conditions. Emblematum liber , Augsburg Emblemata , Padua. Fortune triumphant over virtue. Notes : 1. Related Emblems Show related emblems Hint: You can set whether related emblems are displayed by default on the preferences page. Link to an image of this page [Bb5r p] Ocni effigies, de iis qui meretricibus do- nant, quod in bonos usus verti debeat.
