An Anonymous Epistle of Dido to Aeneas (Anthologia Latina 83)Ethel Leigh Chubb University of Pennsylvania, 1920 - 57 pages |
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Page 16
... refers to the usual beginning of a letter , salutem dicit . Cf. Ov Epist . 13. 1 Mittit , et optat amans quo mittitur ire salutem . dictare salutem means merely " write a letter . " Owing to the fact that dictation was the usual custom ...
... refers to the usual beginning of a letter , salutem dicit . Cf. Ov Epist . 13. 1 Mittit , et optat amans quo mittitur ire salutem . dictare salutem means merely " write a letter . " Owing to the fact that dictation was the usual custom ...
Page 17
... refers to Dido's death ( mortis fata ) , as Wernsdorf points out , not to the sword with which she killed herself , as Burman took it . The same idea is repeated in 31 Hanc reddis , Troiane , vicem ? remittis : i . e . as a return for ...
... refers to Dido's death ( mortis fata ) , as Wernsdorf points out , not to the sword with which she killed herself , as Burman took it . The same idea is repeated in 31 Hanc reddis , Troiane , vicem ? remittis : i . e . as a return for ...
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... refers to Aeneas ' defense of his conduct , end- ing with Italiam non sponte sequor ( Verg . Aen . 4. 333-361 ) and Dido's scornful reply ( 376-380 ) . Cf. Ov . Epist . 7. 139 " Sed iubet ire deus " . Vellem vetuisset adire . Si datur ...
... refers to Aeneas ' defense of his conduct , end- ing with Italiam non sponte sequor ( Verg . Aen . 4. 333-361 ) and Dido's scornful reply ( 376-380 ) . Cf. Ov . Epist . 7. 139 " Sed iubet ire deus " . Vellem vetuisset adire . Si datur ...
Page 24
... refers to Dido ; she is " nocens " as a re- sult of her wrongs . The vota nocentis are wishes such as those given by Vergil Aen . 4. 381-4 I , sequere Italiam ventis , pete regna per undas ; Spero equidem mediis , si quid pia numina ...
... refers to Dido ; she is " nocens " as a re- sult of her wrongs . The vota nocentis are wishes such as those given by Vergil Aen . 4. 381-4 I , sequere Italiam ventis , pete regna per undas ; Spero equidem mediis , si quid pia numina ...
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... refers to iubar . rubet : a general term for brightness , not referring to the special redness of the moon at certain seasons ; so also in Prop . 1. 10. 8 Et mediis caelo Luna ruberet equis . Hor . Carm . 2. 11. 10–11 Neque uno Luna ...
... refers to iubar . rubet : a general term for brightness , not referring to the special redness of the moon at certain seasons ; so also in Prop . 1. 10. 8 Et mediis caelo Luna ruberet equis . Hor . Carm . 2. 11. 10–11 Neque uno Luna ...
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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?