Prayer to Diana, Apollo
Diana · Apollo
O shining Phoebe and forest Diana, Lucidum, shining ornaments of the sky, ever gentle and refined, O sacred brows, give us what we pray for now.
Gentle Moon, Ilithyia, Lucina, by whatever name you wish to be called, Gentalis, watch over mothers, may You give them gentle deliveries.
Diana, who dwells on the Aventine and Algidus hilltops, graciously lend Your ears to the prayers of virile men and young boys.
Fons · Source
AuthorHorace
WorkCarmen Saeculare
Section1-4; 13-16; 69-72
PeriodAugustan
OccasionLudi Saeculares (Secular Games)
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
DeitiesDiana, Apollo
Functionspetition · invocation · praise
Spherecivic · family