Translation of Anthologia Latina 749–751 by Ɔ. Martiana.
Introduction and Latin texts on the SARTRIX wiki.
Praise of Mars [March 1st]
Mars, father of arms, boldest war-wager;
Be a favorable, gentle, pleasant god, be benign!
May thus, when battles are over and fields sated with blood,
Cythere yield embraces to you, free of the chain.
You are red of crest and helmet, you, beautiful in bronze,
Strike glowing beams from your iron countenance.
Cuirass and greaves cover you, not that hostile terror of you
Should arise, but because beauty pours from the arms.
When you have struck the battered orb of your shield,
The world rumbles, the earth quakes, the plains give way.
Grant us return, that we may come home in celebration.
So may the kalends be celebrated for you without restraint.
For the Junonalia [March 7th]
‹Holy› lady of heaven, in whose care are the conjugal bonds,
The king of ‹high›est heaven’s spouse and sister,
‹Grant› us ‹re›turn. May the rule of the sphere go over
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For the Liberalia [March 17th]
Lenaeus, vine-planter, Bromius, Semeleius, Bacchus,
Thyrsus-bearer, two-mothered, triennial, Nysian, Liber,
Ariadnaean flower, Corybantian, Iacchus, Thyoneus!
Grant us return. Thus may sweet grape-juice flow
In all rivers, may the grapeharvest froth in the hollow vats.
Hellenic Faith 