Just Say No: Sinope, Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica V.109-112

 

Assyrios complexa sinus stat opima Sinope,
nympha prius blandosque Iovis quae luserat ignes
caelicolis immota procis: deceptus amatae
fraude deae nec solus Halys nec solus Apollo.

---Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica V.109--112

Presiding over Assyrian bays was victorious Sinope,

A nymph who outfoxed Jupiter’s seductive charms.

She was unimpressed by her immortal suitors;

Apollo was not alone in being outwitted by the goddess he wooed,

Nor was the river god Halys, either.

VALERIUS FLACCUS

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Name:  Gaius Valerius Flaccus

Date:  1^st c. CE

Works:  Argonautica

 

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Gaius Valerius Flaccus was a Latin poet who flourished during the Flavian dynasty. Only portions of his epic poem, the Argonautica, have survived.

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