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... bees ; for Hybla , a town of Sicily , was famous for honey . The flowers of willows are cat- kins ; they abound in chives , the summits of which are full of a fine yellow dust , of which the bees are said to make their wax . 50 55 60 ...
... bees ; for Hybla , a town of Sicily , was famous for honey . The flowers of willows are cat- kins ; they abound in chives , the summits of which are full of a fine yellow dust , of which the bees are said to make their wax . 50 55 60 ...
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... bees . Rore cicada . ] Aristotle says , that the cicada has no mouth , but thrusts out a trunk like a tongue , whereby it sucks in the dew . Baccho Cererique . ] Bacchus and Ceres were frequently wor- shipped together . See the note on ...
... bees . Rore cicada . ] Aristotle says , that the cicada has no mouth , but thrusts out a trunk like a tongue , whereby it sucks in the dew . Baccho Cererique . ] Bacchus and Ceres were frequently wor- shipped together . See the note on ...
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... bees avoid the yews , as you shall repeat some verses to me . " Ruaus . Cyrneas ... taxos . ] Cor- sica , an island ... bee ; but he imputes the ill quality of it , not to yew , but to hemlock . Thus as the Corsican honey was universally ...
... bees avoid the yews , as you shall repeat some verses to me . " Ruaus . Cyrneas ... taxos . ] Cor- sica , an island ... bee ; but he imputes the ill quality of it , not to yew , but to hemlock . Thus as the Corsican honey was universally ...
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... bees of the fourth . Lætas segetes . ] Seges is com- monly used by Virgil to signify the field . Joyful is a noble epi- thet : we have the same meta- phor used in some passages of the Bible . Thus it is in the 65th Psalm , ver . 14 ...
... bees of the fourth . Lætas segetes . ] Seges is com- monly used by Virgil to signify the field . Joyful is a noble epi- thet : we have the same meta- phor used in some passages of the Bible . Thus it is in the 65th Psalm , ver . 14 ...
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... bee - hives , and cultivating olive- trees . He communicated these benefits to mankind , on which account he had the same divine honours paid to him as to Bac- chus . Cea . ] A very fruitful island , in the Archipelago , to which ...
... bee - hives , and cultivating olive- trees . He communicated these benefits to mankind , on which account he had the same divine honours paid to him as to Bac- chus . Cea . ] A very fruitful island , in the Archipelago , to which ...
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adeo Æneid alta amor Amyntas ancients apibus Apollo atque Augustus Bacchus beautiful bees cæli cælo called canibus carmina Catrou cattle Cerda Ceres circum colour Columella corn Corydon cura Damotas Daphnis deities Ducite eclogue epithet erit etiam express famous flowers flumina fourth Georgick fruit Galatea Gallus hæc herbas Hesiod Hinc illis illum inter ipsa ipse Italy Julius Cæsar Jupiter Lycidas Mantua Menalcas mentioned mihi Mopsus mountain namque neque Nunc nymphs observed olive omnes Omnia passage pastoral pecori pingues plant Pliny plough poet poet means poetry Pollio primum quæ quam Quid quis quoque rastris river Romans Rome Ruæus sæpe says seems segetes semper Servius sheep shepherds shews signifies sort speaks Strabo tamen tantum tells terra terræ Theocritus Thessaly Thrace tibi tion Tityrus trees ulmos umbra venit verses vines Virgil vomere whence word
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Page 90 - Audieras, et fama fuit ; sed carmina tantum nostra valent, Lycida, tela inter Martia, quantum Chaonias dicunt aquila veniente columbas.
Page 35 - Teque adeo decus hoc aevi, te consule, inibit, Pollio, et incipient magni procedere menses, te duce, si qua manent sceleris vestigia nostri, irrita perpetua solvent formidine terras, ille deum vitam accipiet, divisque videbit 15 permixtos heroas, et ipse videbitur illis, pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem.
Page 257 - Illa quidem, dum te fugeret per flumina praeceps, ' Immanem ante pedes hydrum moritura puella ' Servantem ripas alta non vidit in herba.
Page 48 - Apollo. 35 grandia saepe quibus mandavimus hordea sulcis, infelix lolium et steriles nascuntur avenae; pro molli viola, pro purpureo narcisso carduus et spinis surgit paliurus acutis. spargite humum foliis, inducite fontibus umbras, 40 pastores; mandat fieri sibi talia Daphnis; et tumulum facite, et tumulo superaddite carmen: 'Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus, formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse.
Page 206 - Optima torvae forma bovis, cui turpe caput, cui plurima cervix, et crurum tenus a mento palearia pendent; tum longo nullus lateri modus; omnia magna, pes etiam; et camuris hirtae sub cornibus aures. 55 Nec mihi displiceat maculis insignis et albo, aut iuga detractans interdumque aspera cornu et faciem tauro propior, quaeque ardua tota et gradiens ima verrit vestigia cauda.
Page 192 - Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, nec casia liquidi corrumpitur usus olivi ; at secura quies et nescia fallere vita, dives opum variarum, at latis otia fundis, speluncae, vivique lacus...
Page 42 - Linus ; huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo. Pan etiam Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se judice victum. Incipe, parve puer, risu cognoscere matrem ; Matri longa decem tulerunt fastidia menses. Incipe, parve puer ; cui non risere parentes, Nec deus hunc mensa, dea nec dignata cubili est.
Page 202 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas, et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 8 - Fortunate senex ergo tua rura manebunt. et tibi magna satis quamvis lapis omnia nudus limosoque palus obducat pascua iunco.
Page 91 - Tityre, dum redeo — brevis est via — pasce capellas, „et potum pastas age, Tityre, et inter agendum „occursare capro — cornu ferit ille — caveto.