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Nec regna socium ferre, nec tædæ sinunt [91]
Facsimile Images
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Translations
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Seneca, Agamemno 259.
De troon laat zich niet delen, noch een echtgenoot. |
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Seneca, Agamemno 259.
Nor throne nor bed can brook a partnership. [tr. F.J. Miller, Loeb, p. 25]. |
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Propertius, Elegiae 2, 34, 15-18.
Levensgezel mag je worden van mij, mijn lijf is het jouwe, eigenaar maak ik jou, vriend, van alles wat ik bezit, uitgezonderd
het bed, het bed is wat ik je weiger. Jupiter zelf duld ik daar niet als rivaal.
[tr. W.A.M. Peters, Baarn 1991, p. 82.] |
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Propertius, Elegiae 2, 34, 15-18.
You may be the comrade of my life and part never from my side, my friend, I make you lord of all my fortune: it is only as
partner in my love that I will have you never: I can not endure a rival, though he were Jove himself. [tr. tr. H.E. Butler,
Loeb, p. 167.]. |
Literature
- Praz, Seventeenth-Century Imagery
, p. 103
- Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 41
Sources and parallels
- Contrast the exclusiveness of secular love with the willingness to share
divine love in:
Crescit in immensum [17] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare![[compare]](/static/images/compare2.gif "Compare")
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and [Opener] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)) [Compare]
. - Ayres, Emblemata amatoria, embl. 25
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Parallel for the pictura (mirrored, less detailed) and for some mottoes (the English, Italian, Dutch, French ones;
though not exactly): Un Cupidon frappant une personne qui le vient interrompre étant prés d’une Belle (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
[Compare]
References, across this site, to this page:
- Un Cupidon frappant une personne qui le vient interrompre étant prés d’une Belle (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))
- [Opener] (in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615))
Iconclass
A cupid chasing away a man from the company of a lady- predatory birds: eagle (+ animals as attributes)
[25F33(EAGLE)(+13)]
- sitting on an elevation
[31A2352]
- head held in the hand(s), with elbows leaning on an elevation or on the knees
[31A25312]
- flight, running away; pursuing
[33B9]
- interrupted meeting, lovers caught by surprise
[33C226]
- rivalry of men for the love of a woman; trying to get the skirt; 'Rivalité' (Ripa)
[33C321]
- bedroom
[41A23]
- cushion
[41A7221]
- bench
[41A723]
- bed with tester
[41A7612]
- quiver
[45C23]
- Courage, Bravery, Valiance, Manliness; 'Ardire magnanimo et generoso', 'Gagliardezza', 'Valore', 'Virtù heroica', 'Virtù dell'animo
e del corpo' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
[54A8(+4)]
- (personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of
concept)
[56F2(+4)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(NEC REGNA SOCIUM FERRE, NEC TAEDAE SINUNT)]
- suffering, misfortune of Jupiter
[92B16]
- attributes of Jupiter: eagle
[92B18(EAGLE)]
- attributes of Jupiter: thunderbolt
[92B18(THUNDERBOLT)]
- Cupid struggling with or tormenting other persons, abstract concepts, (fabulous) animals, etc.
[92D142]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(BOW)]
- attributes of Cupid (with NAME)
[92D18(QUIVER)]