Romulus
Plutarchus
Curtius, a conspicuous man among them, eager for glory and high design, was advancing on horseback far in front of the rest, when his horse sank in the gulf of mud. For some time he tried to drive him out, with blows and cries of encouragement, but since it was impossible, he abandoned his horse and saved himself. Accordingly, the place to this day is called from him "lacus Curtius."
Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Plutarchus: Parallel Lives (Volume I. Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 46, translated by Bernadotte Perrin, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1914, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
TextsAb Urbe Condita, 1.13.5 Ab Urbe Condita, 7.6.1-6 Ab Urbe Condita, 1.12.9-10 Antiquitates Romanae, 14.11.3-4 Antiquitates Romanae, 2.42.5-6 De Lingua Latina, 5.149 De Lingua Latina, 5.150 De Lingua Latina, 5.148 De Verborum Significatu, 42L De Vita Caesarum, 57.1 Epitome Historiarum, 7.25 Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 5.6.2 Fasti, 6.403-4 Historiae Romanae, 30.1-2 Lacus Curtius Liber de Prodigiis, 3.5 Naturalis Historia, 15.78 |
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