Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Virtute duce [27]![](/static/images/em.gif)
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Translations
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Onder de leiding van de deugd [cf. Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 10, 3, 2.] |
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Under the guidance of [Guided by] virtue. [cf. Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 10, 3, 2.] |
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Let the famous virtue of Hercules be Love's guide that no devious mistak led him astray and that he obtains the happy rewards
that he desired. Is is praiseworthy when virtue leads in Love. |
Sources and parallels
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Love has the power to bring about changes: Amor elegantiae pater. [52]
(in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)
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Love has the power to bring about changes: Amor elegantiae pater. [51]
(in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618)
) [Compare
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Hercules as personification of Virtue also in:Virtutis radix amor [17]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
) [Compare
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Hercules as personification of Virtue: Virtutis radix amor [14]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)
) [Compare
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Amor elegantiae pater. [51]
(in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618)
)
- Amor elegantiae pater. [52]
(in: Jacob Cats, Sinne- en minnebeelden (1627)
)
- Virtutis radix amor [17]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
)
- Virtutis radix amor [14]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Emblemata aliquot selectiora amatoria (1618)
)