Author details/dating: Poet died 8 BCE

Instrument Cited: Cornu Lituus

Citation Reference: Horatius Flaccus. Prob. Carminum II, 1, 17. Written BCE 24.

Citation Content: Jam nunc minaci murmure cornuum Perstringis aures, jam litui strepunt, Jam fulgor armorum fugaces …

By Triumph crown’d with deathless bay. E’en now with trumpet’s threatening blare You thrill our ears; the clarion brays; The lightnings of the armour scare The steed, and daunt the rider’s gaze.

By Triumph crown’d with deathless bay. E’en now with cornua’s threatening blare You thrill our ears; the litui bray; The lightnings of the armour scare The steed, and daunt the rider’s gaze.

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