From Romulus the rise of plays began
- DMI number:
- 4146
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- From Romulus the rise of plays began
- Last Line:
- That faith to thee that solemn vow I pass
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Narrative verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history, Crime[Rape], Sex / relations between the sexes, and Theatre
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'The first book of Ovid's Art of Love'. Calif. IV (1974): 483-84.
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poetical miscellanies: the fifth part [T161282]
- Page No(s):
- pp.13-15
- Poem Title:
- The Rape of the Sabines, From Ovid.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Ovid. Art of Love. Book 1.
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