An Anonymous Epistle of Dido to Aeneas (Anthologia Latina 83)Ethel Leigh Chubb University of Pennsylvania, 1920 - 57 pages |
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... Vergil and Ovid as models ; his diction frequently echoes that of other classical poets . Thus the language of his own time is overlaid with that of the writers whom he imitates . We may , however , note the following indications of ...
... Vergil and Ovid as models ; his diction frequently echoes that of other classical poets . Thus the language of his own time is overlaid with that of the writers whom he imitates . We may , however , note the following indications of ...
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... Vergil was re- vered above all , his works were studied in the schools and used as models for imitation.15 The absurd length to which this ven- eration was carried is shown in the Vergilian cento , consisting of phrases from that poet ...
... Vergil was re- vered above all , his works were studied in the schools and used as models for imitation.15 The absurd length to which this ven- eration was carried is shown in the Vergilian cento , consisting of phrases from that poet ...
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... Vergil , Ovid , Horace , and Lucretius , for it abounds in verbal reminiscences of their works . The correctness of the versification , too , proves that he was well trained in the schools . On the other hand it shows little originality ...
... Vergil , Ovid , Horace , and Lucretius , for it abounds in verbal reminiscences of their works . The correctness of the versification , too , proves that he was well trained in the schools . On the other hand it shows little originality ...
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... Vergil's - she is gentle and forgiving , re- signed to death . She reproaches Aeneas , it is true , after the manner of Vergil's heroine , but her remonstrances are only a mild echo of Vergil's passionate words , and her brief anger is ...
... Vergil's - she is gentle and forgiving , re- signed to death . She reproaches Aeneas , it is true , after the manner of Vergil's heroine , but her remonstrances are only a mild echo of Vergil's passionate words , and her brief anger is ...
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... Vergil makes her utter , Aen . 4. 365–387 ; and her dying prayer , 612–629 . 14. This line has been generally regarded as corrupt , and has called forth a great variety of emendations . The ms . reading , however , may be explain- ed so ...
... Vergil makes her utter , Aen . 4. 365–387 ; and her dying prayer , 612–629 . 14. This line has been generally regarded as corrupt , and has called forth a great variety of emendations . The ms . reading , however , may be explain- ed so ...
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Accessus Aeneas Anthology Ascanius asyndeton Auson Baehrens beguile Birt Burman Carm Carthage Catull CHIG CHIG UNIV conscia corda corr damna diademate Dido Dido's dolor emendation Epist erat erit F-MIC Fallere nescit amor fata fata vocant fidem FMIC GAND grief haec Higt honesta pericula IGAN UNIVE igne ipse iubar late Latin licet Maehly male maledicta manu membra MIC CHIG MIC MIC MIC SITY MIC UNIV MICH UNIV MICHIS MICK mihi dura paras miseram modo nefas Nihil nocens nunc Oudendorp Ovid pendet perfide pia vota pinnis poem poets Proventu pudor quae querellis queror querulos quid quidquid quotiens regna reparatum rerum Riese Riese's RSITYCO salutem Schmalz solus Fallere nescit taedens taedia solus Fallere tamen Teuffel tibi Traube tuli umbris UNIL UNIV GAN UNIV MIC UNIV UNIV vellem verba Verg Vergil volgo vota nocentis weariness Wernsdorf
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Page 24 - I, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec Manis veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 26 - Soles occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Page 41 - Cythera 680 aut super Idalium sacrata sede recondam, ne qua scire dolos mediusve occurrere possit. Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam falle dolo et notos pueri puer indue vultus, ut cum te gremio accipiet laetissima Dido 685 regalis inter mensas laticemque Lyaeum, cum dabit amplexus atque oscula dulcia figet, occultum inspires ignem fallasque veneno».
Page 33 - ... enim) scitatur, at ilia : " Somne, quies rerum, placidissime, Somne, deorum, pax animi, quern cura fugit, qui corpora duris fessa ministeriis mulces reparasque labori, 625 Somnia, quae veras aequent imitamine formas, Herculea Trachine iube sub imagine regis Alcyonen adeant simulacraque naufraga fingant.
Page 44 - Sed quod hospes eras, пес te magis esse nocentem Quam miserum, Troiane, puto, qui digna repellis, Dum non digna cupis, nondum bene siccus ad aequor 135 Curris, et extremas modo naufragus arripis undas.
Page 14 - Sic tua Cyrneas fugiant examina taxos, sic cytiso pastae distendant ubera vaccae: incipe, si quid habes. et me fecere poetam Pierides, sunt et mihi carmina, me quoque dicunt vatem pastores; sed non ego credulus illis.
Page 15 - Meliboee, deus nobis haec otia fecit. Namque erit ille mihi semper deus, illius aram saepe tener nostris ab ovilibus imbuet agnus. Ille meas errare boves, ut cernis, et ipsum ludere quae vellem calamo permisit agresti.
Page 23 - Posse nefas, tacitusque mea decedere terra ? Nec te noster amor, nec te data dextera quondam, Nec moritura tenet crudeli funere Dido...
Page 40 - Cui modo nostra fides amissam reddere matrem Dum cupit, hoc verum mentito pignore nomen 110 Format amor, gemitusque graves atque oscula figit Confessus pietate dolor. Cui digna rependes, Si i-.iihi dura paras?
Page 40 - Lamentis gemituque trahens infanda peregit Vota deis, durumque nefas sortemque malorum Te narrante tuli gemitus mentisque dolorem 105 Et lacrimas prior ipsa dedi. Cui digna rependes, Si mihi dura paras?