An Anonymous Epistle of Dido to Aeneas: Anthologia Latina 83Ethel Leigh Chubb |
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... natural to suppose that many of the anonymous works also have the same origin . We know that Carthage was a flourishing centre of culture and lit- erary activity during the early centuries of the Christian era . " Many minor works must ...
... natural to suppose that many of the anonymous works also have the same origin . We know that Carthage was a flourishing centre of culture and lit- erary activity during the early centuries of the Christian era . " Many minor works must ...
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... nature with the enduring grief of unhappy love . The idea is by no means new , but it is developed here to an unusual length and with consider- able skill . As we should expect , the details are of literary ori- gin , not drawn directly ...
... nature with the enduring grief of unhappy love . The idea is by no means new , but it is developed here to an unusual length and with consider- able skill . As we should expect , the details are of literary ori- gin , not drawn directly ...
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... nature changes ; love alone is unchang- ing : 43-47 . The moon and the sun alternately prevail . 48-52 . Quiet night succeeds the day . 53-57 . The nightingale through the influence of the night forgets her grief for a time . 58-62 ...
... nature changes ; love alone is unchang- ing : 43-47 . The moon and the sun alternately prevail . 48-52 . Quiet night succeeds the day . 53-57 . The nightingale through the influence of the night forgets her grief for a time . 58-62 ...
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... nature hastens on its appointed course , love alone can- not beguile its own weariness . Cynthia renews her splendor 39. Nihil est etc .: the abrupt change of thought represents the sudden var- iation of Dido's mood as she wavers ...
... nature hastens on its appointed course , love alone can- not beguile its own weariness . Cynthia renews her splendor 39. Nihil est etc .: the abrupt change of thought represents the sudden var- iation of Dido's mood as she wavers ...
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... nature renews her changes , love alone cannot beguile its own weariness . Black night envelopes the day , plunging it in dim shadows , and enjoys the darkness in accordance with the law of the 46-47 . Riese and other editors punctuate ...
... nature renews her changes , love alone cannot beguile its own weariness . Black night envelopes the day , plunging it in dim shadows , and enjoys the darkness in accordance with the law of the 46-47 . Riese and other editors punctuate ...
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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?