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Page xvi
... allusions in the two books of his which have come down to us , an epitaph1 and an elegy upon his death , and a short anonymous biography , the text of which is corrupt , the age unknown , and the credibility doubtful . The Vita Ti- The ...
... allusions in the two books of his which have come down to us , an epitaph1 and an elegy upon his death , and a short anonymous biography , the text of which is corrupt , the age unknown , and the credibility doubtful . The Vita Ti- The ...
Page xx
... allusion is made in II . v . 39 and following lines . Delia and Nemesis . Of the possible attachments of Tibullus only the two that are signalized in Ovid's elegy on his death concern us here : his love for DELIA , the heroine of Book I ...
... allusion is made in II . v . 39 and following lines . Delia and Nemesis . Of the possible attachments of Tibullus only the two that are signalized in Ovid's elegy on his death concern us here : his love for DELIA , the heroine of Book I ...
Page xlviii
... allusion in the Ars Amandi dum licet et loris passim potes ire solutis , elige cui dicas ' tumihisola places . ' haec tibi non tenues ueniet delapsa per auras : quaerenda est oculis apta puella tuis . Ars Am . 1 , 41-44 , compared with ...
... allusion in the Ars Amandi dum licet et loris passim potes ire solutis , elige cui dicas ' tumihisola places . ' haec tibi non tenues ueniet delapsa per auras : quaerenda est oculis apta puella tuis . Ars Am . 1 , 41-44 , compared with ...
Page 66
... allusion to the application of traducere to solemn processions , e.g. Suet . Cal . 15 ' carpentum quo in pompa traduceretur . ' ' I care not to pace in triumphal processions ; let a humbler walk of life be mine . ' The lines of Gray's ...
... allusion to the application of traducere to solemn processions , e.g. Suet . Cal . 15 ' carpentum quo in pompa traduceretur . ' ' I care not to pace in triumphal processions ; let a humbler walk of life be mine . ' The lines of Gray's ...
Page 73
... allusion is made in 5 . ARGUMENT . I am grievously sick and no friends are near , neither mother nor sister to pay the last offices if I die . Even Delia is far away ( 1-10 ) . What a sad and ominous parting it was when I left her ...
... allusion is made in 5 . ARGUMENT . I am grievously sick and no friends are near , neither mother nor sister to pay the last offices if I die . Even Delia is far away ( 1-10 ) . What a sad and ominous parting it was when I left her ...
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Aeneas Albius allusion Amor Apollo Aquitania arua atque Baehrens birthday caelo capillos caput Carm Catullus Cerinthus comas Compare conjectured connexion couplet Crit cura dedit Delia deus dominae elegy epithet expression goddess Greek haec haruspex Hence Horace hunc illa ille Introd ipse iugera Iuppiter iuueni Lares Latin leuis licet lines Livy longa Lygdamus magna manu means Messalla mihi modo Neaera Nemesis nomen nunc Osiris Ovid parua pater pede Phaeacia Phoebus poem poets precor primum Prop Propertius puella quae quam quid quod quoque quoted refers Roman Rome sacra says Seneca sense Sibyl Sibylline Sibylline books siue Statius Sulpicia sunt tamen terra tibi Tibullus Tibur Trist turba uenit uerba uias uicta uiro uitae Varro Venus verb verse Virg Virgil word writers
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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.