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, de Bello Troiano II.341 - 342
The goddess Minerva [Athena] delivers this speech:
"My chastity alone pleases me, that I have not encountered sex,
and shall not threaten marriages or relationships.
Look here, Paris, my prowess impresses men,
my weaving impresses women,
my songs impress the laurel crown'd poets:
I enjoy the love of them both, I am loved by all."
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JOSEPH OF EXETER
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Name: Iosephus Iscanus
Date: 12th
c. CE
Works: De Bello
Troiano*
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Joseph of Exeter 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.
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