
VIS AMORIS.
Love’s might
Aligerum fulmen fregit deus aliger, igne
Dum demonstrat uti est fortior ignis amor.[1]
The winged god has broken the winged thunderbolt, showing that there is a fire more powerful than fire - and that is Love.
1. This is a translation of Anthologia graeca 16.250.
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Vis amoris.
Love’s might
EMBLEMA CVIII.
Aligerum fulmen fregit Deus aliger, igne
Dum demonstrat uti est fortior ignis amor.[1]
The winged god has broken the winged thunderbolt, showing that there is a fire more powerful than fire - and that is Love.
1. This is a translation of Anthologia graeca 16.250.
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