The Poems of Virgil: Containing the Pastoral Poems and Six Books of the Æneid, Volume 1Ginn and Heath, 1877 - 205 pages |
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Page 17
... cast your eye on the heifer ( present for future ) , you will have no reason to praise your cups . This is possible , but grammatically unnatural , and incongruous with the sense . Another and better is ( 2 ) If you have an eye to the ...
... cast your eye on the heifer ( present for future ) , you will have no reason to praise your cups . This is possible , but grammatically unnatural , and incongruous with the sense . Another and better is ( 2 ) If you have an eye to the ...
Page 40
... cast into the altar fire . durescit , liquescit , this rhyme , or jingle , is in the manner of popular charms . The verse signifies that Daphnis is to soften to his own true love , and harden to all others . 82. molam : broken grains ...
... cast into the altar fire . durescit , liquescit , this rhyme , or jingle , is in the manner of popular charms . The verse signifies that Daphnis is to soften to his own true love , and harden to all others . 82. molam : broken grains ...
Page 117
... cast forth , Ulysses clinging meanwhile to a wild fig - tree ( 428–441 ) . See Ecl . vi . 74 . ― 422. sorbet , Charybdis . The descriptions of the two are given chiastically . sub auras , upward into the air . -in abruptum , lit ...
... cast forth , Ulysses clinging meanwhile to a wild fig - tree ( 428–441 ) . See Ecl . vi . 74 . ― 422. sorbet , Charybdis . The descriptions of the two are given chiastically . sub auras , upward into the air . -in abruptum , lit ...
Page 118
... cast , probably , in a single piece . 467. loricam ... trilicem , a cuirass woven three - ply with links of gold . 468. conum waving crest . • . galeæ = a helmet with glittering crown and 469. sua , appropriate . 470. duces , guides ...
... cast , probably , in a single piece . 467. loricam ... trilicem , a cuirass woven three - ply with links of gold . 468. conum waving crest . • . galeæ = a helmet with glittering crown and 469. sua , appropriate . 470. duces , guides ...
Page 119
... casting lots for the oars , i . e . assigning each man to his watch . Apparently not all were on duty at the oar at once . 511. curamus , refresh ( a standing expression for eating and drinking ) . — inrigat , refreshes ( bedews , i ...
... casting lots for the oars , i . e . assigning each man to his watch . Apparently not all were on duty at the oar at once . 511. curamus , refresh ( a standing expression for eating and drinking ) . — inrigat , refreshes ( bedews , i ...
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Achilles ācis Aeneas Æneid aequora amor Anchises ancient Apollo arma ārum ātis atque auras Bacchus Cæsar Cæsura carmina circum Creüsa cura cursus Daphnis Dardanus dictis Dido divine divom ECLOGUE equidem erat eris ēvi fata goddess gods Greek haec haud hinc honor icis idis illa ille ingens inis inter ipsa ipse Italy īvi jamque Juno Jupiter juventus Latium litora manus mentum mihi moenia multa myth namque neque numine nunc omen omnes omnia omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Ovid pater poet Priam primum quae quam quibus quid quis quod Roman Rome sacred Sicily sidera song super talia tamen tantum terras Theocritus Thessaly Thrace tibi town Trojae Troy umbra unda urbe urbem verse Virgil word
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Page v - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 115 - Talibus orabat, talisque miserrima fletus fertque refertque soror : sed nullis ille movetur fletibus, aut voces ullas tractabilis audit ; . fata obstant, placidasque viri deus obstruit auris. 440 1 ac, velut annoso validam cum robore quercum Alpini Boreae nunc hinc nunc flatibus illinc eruere inter se certant; it stridor, et altae consternunt terram concusso stipite frondes ; ipsa haeret scopulis, et, quantum vertice ad auras 445 aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit...
Page 165 - Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam? funeris heu tibi causa fui ? Per sidera juro, per superos, et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
Page 122 - Accipite hanc animam, meque his exsolvite curis. 'Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum fortuna, peregi; ' Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. ' Urbem praeclaram statui ; mea moenia vidi : 65 5 ' Ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi : ' Felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum ' Numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae ! ' Dixit : et os impressa toro, ' Moriemur inultae, 'Sed moriamur,
Page 6 - Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga, frigidus, O pueri, fugite hinc, latet anguis in herba.
Page 2 - Dardaniusque Paris. Pallas quas condidit arces ipsa colat : nobis placeant ante omnia silvae. Torva leaena lupum sequitur, lupus ipse capellam, florentem cytisum sequitur lasciva capella, te Corydon, o Alexi : trahit sua quemque voluptas.
Page 112 - Odere, infensi Tyrii; te propter eundem Exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam, Fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes ? Hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat.
Page 131 - But, howsoever thou pursuest this act, Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught : leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at once ! The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire : Adieu, adieu, adieu ! remember me.
Page 177 - EXCUDENT alii spirantia mollius aera , Credo equidem ; vivos ducent de marmore vultus ; Orabunt causas melius; cœlique meatus Describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 82 - Dardanidae duri, quae vos a stirpe parentum Prima tulit tellus, eadem vos ubere laeto 95 Accipiet reduces.