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Page xv
... hence we need feel no surprise that when Quintilian's con- temporary Statius had occasion to write an elegy , whether on a person or a parrot , it was not the elegiac but the hexameter metre that he selected for his task.1 Quintilian ...
... hence we need feel no surprise that when Quintilian's con- temporary Statius had occasion to write an elegy , whether on a person or a parrot , it was not the elegiac but the hexameter metre that he selected for his task.1 Quintilian ...
Page xxxviii
... hence keeps her own name , like Tibullus and Propertius : Cerinthus is the wooed , the lady , and hence is veiled in a pseudonym like Delia , Nemesis , and Cynthia . Some of the early Italian scholars of the Renaissance appear to have ...
... hence keeps her own name , like Tibullus and Propertius : Cerinthus is the wooed , the lady , and hence is veiled in a pseudonym like Delia , Nemesis , and Cynthia . Some of the early Italian scholars of the Renaissance appear to have ...
Page xxxix
... Hence Delia = Plania , Cynthia ( Propertius ' mistress ) = Hostia . 1 ix . 9 , 21 furtim and 14 celeri , 24 celer may be acci- dental . the material is not sufficient to build up a structure THE MESSALLA COLLECTION xxxix.
... Hence Delia = Plania , Cynthia ( Propertius ' mistress ) = Hostia . 1 ix . 9 , 21 furtim and 14 celeri , 24 celer may be acci- dental . the material is not sufficient to build up a structure THE MESSALLA COLLECTION xxxix.
Page 68
... hence ' leave in the lurch , ' disappoint . ' 18. pingui rich , ' ' generous ' opposed to tenue ' thin . ' musta , the fresh wine still in the brimming vat . 19. rure ' farm , ' as often in Terence . 20. spicea . Ears of corn plaited ...
... hence ' leave in the lurch , ' disappoint . ' 18. pingui rich , ' ' generous ' opposed to tenue ' thin . ' musta , the fresh wine still in the brimming vat . 19. rure ' farm , ' as often in Terence . 20. spicea . Ears of corn plaited ...
Page 75
... ( hence called ' dubias - sortes ' Prop . 2. 32. 3 ) . These were thrown into an urn and shuffled and then one was drawn out at a time and its meaning inter- preted by the fortune - teller . At Praeneste , where were the most famous ...
... ( hence called ' dubias - sortes ' Prop . 2. 32. 3 ) . These were thrown into an urn and shuffled and then one was drawn out at a time and its meaning inter- preted by the fortune - teller . At Praeneste , where were the most famous ...
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Page 35 - ... magnae iam locus urbis erit. Roma, tuum nomen terris fatale regendis, qua sua de caelo prospicit arva Ceres, quaque patent ortus et qua fluitantibus undis Solis anhelantes abluit amnis equos. 60 Troia quidem tunc se mirabitur et sibi dicet vos bene tam longa consuluisse via. vera cano: sic usque sacras innoxia laurus vescar, et aeternum sit mihi virginitas.
Page 38 - ... ante meum veniat longos incompta capillos et fleat ante meum maesta Neaera rogum. sed veniat carae matris comitata dolore: maereat haec genero, maereat illa viro.
Page 9 - ... subiit iuga tempore taurus non domito frenos ore momordit equus. non domus ulla fores habuit, non fixus in agris qui regeret certis finibus arva, lapis...
Page 20 - ... ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos, et calidam fesso comparat uxor aquam. sic ego sim, liceatque caput candescere canis, temporis et prisci facta referre senem.
Page 34 - Phoebe, modo in terris erret inermis Amor. Ars bona, sed postquam sumpsit sibi tela Cupido, Heu, heu, quam multis ars dedit ista malum.
Page 11 - ASPER eram et bene discidium me ferre loquebar : at mihi nunc longe gloria fortis abest.
Page 11 - Illic sit, quicumque meos violavit amores, Optavit lentas et mihi militias. At tu casta precor maneas, sanctique pudoris Adsideat custos sedula semper anus. Haec tibi fabellas referat positaque lucerna Deducat plena stamina longa colu, At circa gravibus pensis adfixa puella Paulatim somno fessa remittat opus.
Page 56 - Troiani fama laboris, tardaque nocturno tela retexta dolo : 3° sic Nemesis longum, sic Delia nomen habebunt, Altera cura recens, altera primus amor.
Page 37 - Castaliamque umbram Pieriosque lacus, Ite domum cultumque illi donate libellum, Sicut erit : nullus defluat inde color. Illa mihi referet, si nostri mutua cura est An minor, an toto pectore deciderim.
Page 9 - Messallam terra dum sequiturque mari.' sed me, quod facilis tenero sum semper Amori, ipsa Venus campos ducet in Elysios.