Minerva’s Warcry
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Name: Joseph of Exeter Date: 12th century CE Region: Exeter [modern England] Citation: The Trojan War 2.341 – 345 |
Minerva proclaims:
“My chastity alone pleases
me, that I have not encountered romance,
And I will not threaten
marriages or relationships.
Look here, Paris, my prowess
impresses men,
My weaving impresses women,
My songs impress the laurel
crowned poets.
I enjoy the love of them
both! I am loved by all.”
Minerva’s
Warcry
Virginitas me sola iuvat, nil passa pudendum,
non laesura toros, non deprensura maritos.
Macte, Paris, mea bella viri, mea pensa
puellae,
et mea laurigeri meditantur carmina vates:
sic populis utrisque fruor, sic grata per
omnes.
Joseph of Exeter [Josephus Iscanius; 12th c.
CE, modern England] was a British nobleman who joined his uncle on campaign on
the Third Crusade (1189 – 1192 CE). Although not everything he wrote survives,
he is most known for his book On The Trojan War, a six- volume epic poem
about the fall of Troy.
