De Divinatione
M. Tullius Cicero
Hic silvestris erat Romani nominis altrix,Martia, quae parvos Mavortis semine natosuberibus gravidis vitali rore rigabat;quae tum cum pueris flammato fulminis ictuconcidit atque avolsa pedum vestigia liquit.
Here was the Martian beast, the nurse of Roman dominion,Suckling with life-giving dew, that issued from udders distended,Children divinely begotten, who sprang from the loins of the War God;Stricken by lightning she toppled to earth, bearing with her the children;Torn from her station, she left the prints of her feet in descending.
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from M. Tullius Cicero: Volume XX. On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination, Loeb Classical Library Vol. 154, translated by W.A. Falconer, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1923, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
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