P. Vergili Maronis Opera, Volume 2Whittaker & Company, 1876 - Agriculture |
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... interpretation of Virgil , as they certainly have less affinity to my own tastes and the course of my studies . I have not neglected them : when they have crossed my path , as they have in almost every page , I have sought to obtain the ...
... interpretation of Virgil , as they certainly have less affinity to my own tastes and the course of my studies . I have not neglected them : when they have crossed my path , as they have in almost every page , I have sought to obtain the ...
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... interpretation of character , but to the invention of incident . Regarding Homer as a party chroni cler , Virgil was not bound to assume that he has recorded all the actions of his hero , any more than that he has given a true colour to ...
... interpretation of character , but to the invention of incident . Regarding Homer as a party chroni cler , Virgil was not bound to assume that he has recorded all the actions of his hero , any more than that he has given a true colour to ...
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... interpret to himself many of the feelings of an Athenian spectator at the Great Dionysia . Perhaps it would have been impossible for a poet writing after the opening of this new fountain of human interest to return to the simpler ...
... interpret to himself many of the feelings of an Athenian spectator at the Great Dionysia . Perhaps it would have been impossible for a poet writing after the opening of this new fountain of human interest to return to the simpler ...
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... interpretation of them is a mere gloss ; but it is good enough for the purpose ; it gives a verbal sanction to a course which our hearts tell us to be the true one , and we are satisfied with it accord- ingly . Aeneas is called the ...
... interpretation of them is a mere gloss ; but it is good enough for the purpose ; it gives a verbal sanction to a course which our hearts tell us to be the true one , and we are satisfied with it accord- ingly . Aeneas is called the ...
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... interpretation of Naevius , the second on a misunderstanding of Virgil . 1 Aen . 3. 10. Serv . ad loc . 2 Aen . 2. 797. Serv . ad loc . In the quotations from Naevius I have followed Vahlen's edition : Cn . Naevi De Bello Punico ...
... interpretation of Naevius , the second on a misunderstanding of Virgil . 1 Aen . 3. 10. Serv . ad loc . 2 Aen . 2. 797. Serv . ad loc . In the quotations from Naevius I have followed Vahlen's edition : Cn . Naevi De Bello Punico ...
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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.