Virgil. Aeneid, books v. and vi. With Engl. notes, abridged from prof. Conington's ed. by H. Nettleship |
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... ( applied to a rock Lucr . 3 . 892 ) or ' planities . ' ' Apricis ' is half proleptic . A pleasant standing - place for sea - birds to sun themselves up- on . ' Comp . G. 4. 421 , " Deprensis olim statio tutissima nautis . " Hic viridem ...
... ( applied to a rock Lucr . 3 . 892 ) or ' planities . ' ' Apricis ' is half proleptic . A pleasant standing - place for sea - birds to sun themselves up- on . ' Comp . G. 4. 421 , " Deprensis olim statio tutissima nautis . " Hic viridem ...
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... applied to a serpent , v . 90 above , to a river 2. 782 . " Ventis vocatis ' 3. 253. Here as there it seems simply to mean with the winds at his call , ' as to suppose that Mnestheus formally invoked the winds would scarcely be con ...
... applied to a serpent , v . 90 above , to a river 2. 782 . " Ventis vocatis ' 3. 253. Here as there it seems simply to mean with the winds at his call , ' as to suppose that Mnestheus formally invoked the winds would scarcely be con ...
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... applied to ' lateri ' sug- gests the sound produced by the blows . It is doubtful whether inge- minant ' is neuter here , as in G. 1 . 333 , ' multa volnera ' being the sub- ject , or active , as in v . 457 below . So pectore dant ...
... applied to ' lateri ' sug- gests the sound produced by the blows . It is doubtful whether inge- minant ' is neuter here , as in G. 1 . 333 , ' multa volnera ' being the sub- ject , or active , as in v . 457 below . So pectore dant ...
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... applied to the extra prize , of superior value to the rest , which is given to Acestes as an extraordinary thing . ' Ducere : ' see on v . 385 above , and comp . 8. 552 ( note ) . Here there seems to be a further reference to the phrase ...
... applied to the extra prize , of superior value to the rest , which is given to Acestes as an extraordinary thing . ' Ducere : ' see on v . 385 above , and comp . 8. 552 ( note ) . Here there seems to be a further reference to the phrase ...
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... applied to ' si- dera ' may have a further reference to observing the stars , like " remetior astra " v . 25 , the matrons being said to do what their pilot had to do for them . Comp . Soph . Oed . T. 795 , ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ...
... applied to ' si- dera ' may have a further reference to observing the stars , like " remetior astra " v . 25 , the matrons being said to do what their pilot had to do for them . Comp . Soph . Oed . T. 795 , ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ...
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Acestes Aeneas aequora alta Anchises animi animo Apollo appears arma Ascanius atque auras auro Averni caelo caestus Charon circum Comp Cumae cursu deinde Deiphobus deum Dict doubtless Elysium epithet Ergo Eryx Eurytion expression fata ferre foll funeral genus Greek haec Haud hendiadys Homeric honorem Hunc Iamque illa ingens inperium inter ipse iter Latio Latium letum litora Livy Lucr lumina Madv magna manu Marcellus Menelaus mihi Misenus Mnestheus moenia multa namque nequiquam nomen notion nunc omnes omnia omnis Palinurus passage pater pectore perhaps probably procul quae quam Quis quod quondam reference Roman saxa seems to mean sense sese shades ship Sibyl sidera super supposed talia tantum Tartarus terga terra thing tibi tion Tisiphone Troiae Trojan ultro umbras unda urbem vestigia viam Virg Virg.'s viris virum word
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Page 82 - Tantum effata furens antro se immisit aperto: ille ducem haud timidis vadentem passibus aequat. Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, et Chaos et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, 265 sit mihi fas audita loqui, sit numine vestro pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas. Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna: quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter et rebus nox abstulit atra...
Page 71 - Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 97 - ... infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? funeris heu tibi causa fui ? per sidera iuro, per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
Page 126 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore voltus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : 850 tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento ; hae tibi erunt artes ; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 130 - Sunt geminae Somni portae ; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 83 - Tum consanguineus Leti Sopor, et mala mentis Gaudia, mortiferumque adverso in limine Bellum, Ferreique Eumenidum thalami, et Discordia demens, 280 Vipereum crinem vittis innexa cruentis.
Page 112 - Conspicit, ecce, alios dextra laevaque per herbam vescentis, laetumque choro paeana canentis inter odoratum lauri nemus, unde superne plurimus Eridani per silvam volvitur amnis.
Page 16 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 31 - Entellus vires in ventum effudit, et ultro Ipse gravis graviterque ad terram pondere vasto Concidit: ut quondam cava concidit aut Erymantho, Aut Ida in magna, radicibus eruta pinus.
Page 85 - ... ante ora parentum : quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus trans pontum fugat, et terris immittit apricis.