EPILOGUE

Quod sin ea Mavors abnegat,
et solis nostris sudoribus obstat,
ibimus indecores frustratque
tot aequora vectae?

But if Mars refuses,
and alone resists our efforts;
shall we depart disgraced
after traversing so many seas in vain?

Argonautica, Book V, 667–669
Gaius Valerius Flaccus