Arsenius 18.19a1
“A woman is a storm in the homes of men…”
Χειμὼν κατ’ οἴκους ἐστὶν ἀνδράσι γυνή.
Pampeprius of Panopolis, fr. 3.115-116
“there, after the snowy dance of ethereal loves,
Deo the wheat-goddess weds Ares the worker of the earth.”
[ἔν]θα μετ’ αἰθερίων χιονώδεα κῶμο[ν ἐρ]ώτων
[῎Α]ρει γειοπόνῳ νυ[μ]φεύεται ὄμπνια Δηώ.
Hermippus, 37 (Athenaeus 650e)
“Have you ever seen a pomegranate seed in drifts of snow?”
ἤδη τεθέασαι κόκκον ἐν χιόνι ῥόας;
Pindar, Pythian 1. 20
“Snowy Aetna, perennial nurse of bitter snow”
νιφόεσσ᾿ Αἴτνα, πάνετες χιόνος ὀξείας τιθήνα
Plutarch, Moralia 340e
“Nations covered in depths of snow”
καὶ βάθεσι χιόνων κατακεχωσμένα ἔθνη
Herodotus, Histories 4.31
“Above this land, snow always falls…
τὰ κατύπερθε ταύτης τῆς χώρης αἰεὶ νίφεται
Diodorus Siculus, 14.28
“Because of the mass of snow that was constantly falling, all their weapons were covered and their bodies froze in the chill in the air. Thanks to the extremity of their troubles, they were sleepless through the whole night”
διὰ γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ἐκχεομένης χιόνος τά τε ὅπλα πάντα συνεκαλύφθη καὶ τὰ σώματα διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς αἰθρίας πάγον περιεψύχετο. διὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῶν κακῶν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα διηγρύπνουν·
Ammianus Marcellinus, History V. V. Gratianus 27.9
“He will tolerate sun and snow, frost and thirst, and long watches.”
solem nivesque et pruinas et sitim perferet et vigilias
Basil, Letter 48
“We have been snowed in by such a volume of snow that we have been buried in our own homes and taking shelter in our holes for two months already”
καὶ γὰρ τοσούτῳ πλήθει χιόνων κατενίφημεν, ὡς αὐτοῖς οἴκοις καταχωσθέντας δύο μῆνας ἤδη ταῖς καταδύσεσιν ἐμφωλεύειν.
Livy, 10.46
“The snow now covered everything and it was no longer possible to stay outside…”
Nives iam omnia oppleverant nec durari extra tecta poterat
