De Medici, Lorenzo. “Ricordi.” Scritti Scelti. Torino: UTET, 1922. 25-32. The Cantos Project.

De Medici, Lorenzo. “Ricordi.” Lives of the Early Medici as Told in their Correspondence. Ed. and trans. Janet Ross. London: Chatto & Windus, 1910. 150-156. Internet archive. The Cantos Project.

Guicciardini, Francesco. Storie fiorentine (1378-1509). Filosofico.net.

Homer. The Odyssey. Translation by A.T. Murray. 2 vols. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard UP; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Book XI: 140-330. Perseus.

Jefferson, Thomas. “Letter, 8 June 1778.” The Works of Thomas Jefferson. Federal Edition. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904-5. Vol. 2: 339-42. 11/24/2017. Online library of liberty. Letter. The Cantos Project.

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Florentine Histories. A new translation by Laura F. Banfield and Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1988.

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Istorie fiorentine. Ousia.it.

Motokiyo. Takasago. Trans. Ezra Pound and Ernest Fenollosa. The Letters of Ezra Pound to Alice Corbin Henderson. Ed. Ira Nadel. Austin: U of Texas P, 1993. 110-116. The Cantos Project.

Ovid. “Midas aureus” and “Midas aures.” Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha: Friedr. Andr. Perthes, 1892. Book XI: 85-145; 146-193. The Cantos Project. Perseus.

Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Brookes More. Boston: Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Book XI: 85-145; 146-193. Perseus. The Cantos Project. 

Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. Arthur Golding. [1567]. London: At the De la More Press, 1904.  Book IV: 25-27. Perseus.

Pound, Ezra. Jefferson and/or Mussolini. London: Nott, 1936. 33, 79. Archive.org. Ezra Pound Society.

Pound, Ezra. “The Renaissance.” (1914). Literary Essays. New York: New Directions, 1968. 214-226.

The Bible. Old Testament. Solomon’s Canticle of Canticles 7.4. Latin Vulgate. Latinvulk.com.

Villari, Pasquale. The Life and Times of Niccolo Macchiavelli. Archive.org. Internet Archive, n.d. Web. 18 Feb. 2016.

Note on Sources