Catullus

“ Attis accompanied by the drum, leader through the shaded forests.
Just like an untamed young cow trying to escape the burden of the yoke
the fast Gallae follow the swift of foot leader.
So as they, tired, the home of Cybele reached,
from the excessive exertion they catch sleep without Ceres.
Lazy slumber covers them the eyes with wavering drowsiness;
the rabid fury of the soul disappears in soft rest. ”

“ But when the golden-faced sun with radiant eyes
surveyed the white heavens, the hard earth, the wild sea
and drove the shadows of the night away with lively steeds,
then running Sleep quickly left the wakened Attis;
the goddess Pasithea received him in her trembling bosom. ”

“ Ferus ipse sēsē adhortāns rapidum incitat animō,
vādit, fremit, refringit virgulta pede vagō.
At ubi ūmida albicantis loca lītoris adiit,
teneramque vīdit Attin prope marmora pelagī,
facit impetum. Illa dēmēns fugit in nemora fera ”