Virgil's Aeneid, Book 12 |
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... fight off Actium . Octavius could then take to himself all chief offices in the Republic . At last , in the year B.C. 27 , he was able to put the Republic aside altogether , and at the age of thirty - six establish himself as Augustus ...
... fight off Actium . Octavius could then take to himself all chief offices in the Republic . At last , in the year B.C. 27 , he was able to put the Republic aside altogether , and at the age of thirty - six establish himself as Augustus ...
Page 24
... fight he slew . Here Priam sues ; and there , for sums of gold , The lifeless body of his son is sold . So sad an object , and so well expressed , Drew sighs and groans from the grieved hero's breast ; To see the figure of his lifeless ...
... fight he slew . Here Priam sues ; and there , for sums of gold , The lifeless body of his son is sold . So sad an object , and so well expressed , Drew sighs and groans from the grieved hero's breast ; To see the figure of his lifeless ...
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... fights and figures of illustrious men , From their first founder to the present queen . The good Æneas , whose paternal care Iulus ' absence could no longer bear , Despatched Achates to the ships in haste To give a glad relation of the ...
... fights and figures of illustrious men , From their first founder to the present queen . The good Æneas , whose paternal care Iulus ' absence could no longer bear , Despatched Achates to the ships in haste To give a glad relation of the ...
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... fighting cries . With frenzy seized , I run to meet the alarms , Resolved on death , resolved to die in arms . But first to gather friends , with them to oppose , If Fortune favoured , and repel the foes . Spurred by my courage , by my ...
... fighting cries . With frenzy seized , I run to meet the alarms , Resolved on death , resolved to die in arms . But first to gather friends , with them to oppose , If Fortune favoured , and repel the foes . Spurred by my courage , by my ...
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... fights finds death , and death finds him who flies . The warders of the gate but scarce maintain The unequal combat , and resist in vain . ' I heard ; and Heaven , that well - born souls inspires , Prompts me , through lifted swords and ...
... fights finds death , and death finds him who flies . The warders of the gate but scarce maintain The unequal combat , and resist in vain . ' I heard ; and Heaven , that well - born souls inspires , Prompts me , through lifted swords and ...
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Æneas aloft altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold blood bore breast Carthage chief clouds coast command coursers Creusa cries crowned dare dart death descends Dido dire divine Euryalus eyes falchion fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire flames flies flood foes force fortune friends fury ghost goddess gods grace Grecian ground hand haste head heaven hero holy honour Jove Juno Juturna king labour lance land Latian Latium Lausus limbs Messapus Mezentius mighty mind Mnestheus mortal night o'er oars Pallas peace Phrygian pious plain Priam prince purple pursue Queen race rage rest rising rites rolling Rutulians sacred shades shield shining shore shun side sight sire skies slain soul sound spear stand steeds stood sword Tarchon temples thee thou Thracian thrice throne thunder towers town train trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows walls winds wood wound youth