Prayer to Mars Gradivus
Mars Gradivus
Mars Gradivus, hear me, on whose sacred oak which fleece glitters. Protect it and keep it safe always, your arms prepared to clash at the clarion's sound to which your voice responds, ringing out in the darkness.
Fons · Source
AuthorValerius Flaccus
WorkArgonautica
Section5.250-252
Periodlate 1st c. AD
Occasioninvocation of Mars Gradivus as guardian of the sacred oak bearing the Golden Fleece
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formpersonal
DeitiesMars Gradivus
Functionspetition · protection
Spheremilitary