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Prayer to Diana

Diana
By these wandering stars I swear, by the shade of my leader, who is to me a divine power, that like the depth of my grief so is my deep resolve. Cynthia, mistress of arcane mysteries of the night, if Your divine power is threefold and You descend into the forest each time with a different appearance, it was he who recently was Your companion, and whose honor was nurtured in Your sacred grove. At least consider now to lend me Your aid, for it is this boy, Diana, for whom I search.
Fons · Source
AuthorStatius
WorkThebaid
Section10.360-370
Period1st c. AD
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formliterary
DeitiesDiana
Functionsoath · petition
Spheremilitary · personal