Saturday, May 02, 2026
An Asyndeton Filling Hexameter in Prudentius
Prudentius, Against Symmachus 2.807-811 (tr. H.J. Thomson):
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Life is common to all, but merit is not. And accordingly Roman, Dahan, Sarmatian, Vandal, Hun, Gaetulian, Alamannian, Saxon, Galaulian, all walk on the same earth, all have the same sky and the same ocean bounding our world.Line 809 is a hexameter consisting entirely of ethonyms in asyndeton. For similar hexameter lines in Greek and Latin see:
vivere commune est, sed non commune mereri.
denique Romanus, Daha, Sarmata, Vandalus, Hunnus,
Gaetulus, Garamans, Alamannus, Saxo, Galaula,
una omnes gradiuntur humo, caelum omnibus unum est, 810
unus et oceanus, nostrum qui continet orbem.
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