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Quid Amor quam vera Palestra? [5]
Quid Amor quam vera Palestra?
Quid sævire parant inter se mutuo Amores,
Ad quid blandidulis pugna animosa placet?
Fama est Cyprinis Martem usum amplexibus olim
Hinc miles factus creditur ales Amor.
Ad quid blandidulis pugna animosa placet?
Fama est Cyprinis Martem usum amplexibus olim
Hinc miles factus creditur ales Amor.
Liefde zonder rust.
Tot vvelcken eynde of de Liefdetjes hier stryen,
En vvorstelen om 't zeerst? vvat is hier of de zin?
Maer datter nimmermeer, gheen rust en is in 't vryen:
Want dat heeft alle daagh zijn strijdt en onrust in.
En vvorstelen om 't zeerst? vvat is hier of de zin?
Maer datter nimmermeer, gheen rust en is in 't vryen:
Want dat heeft alle daagh zijn strijdt en onrust in.
Amour sans repos.
En fin, ie le vous dis, qu'aimer n'est qu'une guerre
Vn travail, un debat, un discord iournalier,
Au iourdhui deplaira ce que contentoit hier
Et ne fut oncq Amour en repos sur la terre:
Et pourquoy? pource, que Venus en ses esbats
C'est meslee avecque Mars qui ayme les combats.
Vn travail, un debat, un discord iournalier,
Au iourdhui deplaira ce que contentoit hier
Et ne fut oncq Amour en repos sur la terre:
Et pourquoy? pource, que Venus en ses esbats
C'est meslee avecque Mars qui ayme les combats.
Translations
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What else is Love than the true wrestling school? |
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Why do loves prepare to
rage against each other? For what reason is a heated fight agreeable to softies? The story has it that Mars once enjoyed the embraces of the Cyprian goddess1. Hence winged Amor is believed to have become a soldier. |
Literature
Sources and parallels
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Pictura mirrored and portrait, same motto, different Latin subscriptio:Quid amor, quam vera palestra! [15] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
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- Quid amor, quam vera palestra! [15] (in: anonymous, Emblemata amatoria (1690))
Iconclass
Three pairs of fighting cupids, one cupid trumpetting- groups of trees
[25G11]
- fist-fight
[33B31]
- dog
[34B11]
- blowing the hunting horn
[43C1144]
- quiver
[45C23]
- Pugnacity (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54AA45(+4)]
- Unrest, Restlessness, Inquietude; 'Inquietudine' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54AA46(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(QUID AMOR QUAM VERA PALESTRA?)]
- Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc.
[92D142]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]
- cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
[92D1916]
Comments
commentaryNotes
Cyprian goddess: Aphrodite. Several localities were believed to be her place of birth. Paphos in Cyprus was one of these.