Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleBLOOD-COLOURED SWANS: HOR. CARM. 4.1.10 AND HOMER'S PURPLE DEATH.AuthorsLibrán-Moreno, MiryamAbstractIn Carm. 4.1 Horace asks Venus to stop waging war against him, who is now over fifty (1–7), and suggests that she should set her aim instead on Paulus Maximus, a young and passionate nobleman who will be happy to obey Venus' orders (9–20).SubjectsSWANS in literature; VENUS deities; EPITHETS; ORNITHOLOGICAL illustration; FLACCUS, ValeriusPublicationClassical Quarterly, 2017, Vol 67, Issue 1, p199ISSN0009-8388Publication typeArticleDOI10.1017/S0009838817000283