Prayer to Mars
Mars
But You, O Mars, Father of Warfare, have pity on us, turn evil aside from us and preserve my husband's life as inviolable to all Trojan assaults.
Fons · Source
AuthorSilius Italicus
WorkPunica
Section3.126-127
Periodlate 1st c. AD
OccasionImilce's wife's prayer to Mars for the safety of her husband Hannibal against Roman assaults
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formpersonal
DeitiesMars
Functionspetition · protection
Spheremilitary · domestic