Octavius 23.5

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Gods are shown doing menial labour, even cheated of their pay.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:33

alibi Hercules stercora egerit et Apollo Admeto pecus pascit. Laomedonti uero muros Neptunus instituit, nec mercedem operis infelix structor accipit.

English · Claude translation

Elsewhere Hercules clears out dung, and Apollo feeds the flock for Admetus. Neptune builds walls for Laomedon, and the unhappy builder does not receive the wages for his work.

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Source

CSEL 2:33 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

Extrabiblical texts

Homer, Il. 21.441–457 (Homer, Iliad) · allusion, medium confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Cf. Homer, Il. 21.441–457 (Laomedon).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/23/5/).

Plain text

Minucius Felix, Oct. 23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/23/5/).

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