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Page xi
... thought and diction of Tibullus adapts itself to the needs of those whose knowledge of Latin is com- paratively in an early stage ; while on the other hand when we go below the surface there are enough literary and critical difficulties ...
... thought and diction of Tibullus adapts itself to the needs of those whose knowledge of Latin is com- paratively in an early stage ; while on the other hand when we go below the surface there are enough literary and critical difficulties ...
Page xviii
... the best explanation of the coincidences which we observe from time to time in the thought and diction of the two poets , for which see below p . xxv . above the reach of want.1 His father was dead but xviii INTRODUCTION.
... the best explanation of the coincidences which we observe from time to time in the thought and diction of the two poets , for which see below p . xxv . above the reach of want.1 His father was dead but xviii INTRODUCTION.
Page xxv
... thought the subject demanded it . But in the main it is most true ; and we must bear it in mind , if we would understand the claim of originality ( in the sense in which Roman writers understood the word ) which Propertius puts forward ...
... thought the subject demanded it . But in the main it is most true ; and we must bear it in mind , if we would understand the claim of originality ( in the sense in which Roman writers understood the word ) which Propertius puts forward ...
Page xxix
... thought shows mere surplusage and tautology , often combined with an almost Use of nam . meaningless employment of the con- junction nam . II . v . 30 sqq . is a striking case ' garrula siluestri fistula sacra deo , | fistula cui semper ...
... thought shows mere surplusage and tautology , often combined with an almost Use of nam . meaningless employment of the con- junction nam . II . v . 30 sqq . is a striking case ' garrula siluestri fistula sacra deo , | fistula cui semper ...
Page xxxi
... thought . An epithet which belongs to each of a group of nouns is sometimes expressed once only and then with the last noun . I. i . 32 ( note ) , II . v . 22 , 86 etc. 1 See In his handling of the elegiac metre Tibullus , as we should ...
... thought . An epithet which belongs to each of a group of nouns is sometimes expressed once only and then with the last noun . I. i . 32 ( note ) , II . v . 22 , 86 etc. 1 See In his handling of the elegiac metre Tibullus , as we should ...
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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.