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... Virg . would scarcely in his first sentence have divided the attention of the reader between himself and his hero by saying , in effect , that the poet who wrote the Eclogues and the Georgics , sings the hero who founded Rome . Wagn ...
... Virg . would scarcely in his first sentence have divided the attention of the reader between himself and his hero by saying , in effect , that the poet who wrote the Eclogues and the Georgics , sings the hero who founded Rome . Wagn ...
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... Virg . , mentions a general storm , and implies ( through the forebod . ings of Clytaemnestra ) that it was the punishment of some impiety . The crime of Ajax is fixed by Lycophron and others to be insolence offered to Cassandra in the ...
... Virg . , mentions a general storm , and implies ( through the forebod . ings of Clytaemnestra ) that it was the punishment of some impiety . The crime of Ajax is fixed by Lycophron and others to be insolence offered to Cassandra in the ...
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... Virg . appears to have forgotten that in Hom . ( Il . 16. 667 foll . ) the body of Sarpedon is carried away to Lycia . Wagn . and Forb . however understand ' iacet ' in the sense of a historic present , and render it was slain ...
... Virg . appears to have forgotten that in Hom . ( Il . 16. 667 foll . ) the body of Sarpedon is carried away to Lycia . Wagn . and Forb . however understand ' iacet ' in the sense of a historic present , and render it was slain ...
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... Virg . may be thinking of , if not specially referring to , the Syrtes , which are described by Sall . Jug . 78 , " Ubi mare magnum esse et saevire coepit ventis , limum arenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt ... Syrtes ab tractu ...
... Virg . may be thinking of , if not specially referring to , the Syrtes , which are described by Sall . Jug . 78 , " Ubi mare magnum esse et saevire coepit ventis , limum arenamque et saxa ingentia fluctus trahunt ... Syrtes ab tractu ...
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... Virg . made " Acestae " the gen . of " Acestes . " " Acesti " how ever is read by one MS . in the passage from Book 5 . 121. ] ' Grandaevus ' is said not to be " " 120 125 found in any author earlier than Virg .; ' grandaevitas ...
... Virg . made " Acestae " the gen . of " Acestes . " " Acesti " how ever is read by one MS . in the passage from Book 5 . 121. ] ' Grandaevus ' is said not to be " " 120 125 found in any author earlier than Virg .; ' grandaevitas ...
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P. Vergili Maronis Opera: The Aeneid John Conington,Henry Nettleship,Virgil No preview available - 2015 |
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid aequora Aesch aether Anchises animi Apoll Apollo appears arma Ascanius atque auras caelum Carthage Catull Cerda circum comp Creusa cursus Dardanus Deiphobus Dict Dido Dido's Donatus doubtless Edition Ennius epithet explained expression fata favour Fcap foll Forb Forc fragm give gods Gossrau Greek haec Heins Helenus hendiadys Henry Heyne Heyne remarks hinc Homeric imitated inter ipse Juno litora Livy Lucr lumina manu meaning mentioned mihi Mnestheus moenia natural notion numine nunc omnis parallel passage pater perhaps Pierius poet poetical Priam Priscian probably quae quam quid quod quoted reading reference Ribbeck rightly Roman says seems sense Serv Sibyl story suppose terra thinks tibi tion Troia Trojans Troy Ulysses urbem Venus Virg Virg.'s Virgil viri Wagn words Wund δὲ καὶ τε
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Page 439 - 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 136 - Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 456 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram, Perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna : Quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna Est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 177 - Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? DoCT. Do you mark that? LADY M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 313 - Nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem corpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant aequora, cum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, cum tacet omnis ager, pecudes pictaeque volucres, quaeque lacus late liquidos quaeque aspera dumis rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti.
Page 202 - Accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem. Hie domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris, Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.