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O Fortuna
"O Fortuna" is a medieval Latin Goliardic poem of uncertain authorship, written in the early 13th century. It belongs to the collection known as the Carmina Burana, preserved in the Benediktbeuern manuscript. The poem is a complaint against Fortuna, in Roman mythology the inexorable fate that rules both gods and mortals.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). O Fortuna. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/o-fortuna
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