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... poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues · II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral Theocritean origin of Virgil's Eclogues Primitive pastoral poem among the Greeks . The ' woes of Daphnis ' 130 131 132 137 138 139 143 144 146 148 ...
... poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues · II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral Theocritean origin of Virgil's Eclogues Primitive pastoral poem among the Greeks . The ' woes of Daphnis ' 130 131 132 137 138 139 143 144 146 148 ...
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... Poem . Italian character of the subject Connexion of the subject with national history Exceptional character of the concluding episode IV . Sources of the Poem • Materials derived by Virgil from his own life From Greek and Roman writers ...
... Poem . Italian character of the subject Connexion of the subject with national history Exceptional character of the concluding episode IV . Sources of the Poem • Materials derived by Virgil from his own life From Greek and Roman writers ...
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William Young Sellar. CHAPTER VI . STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE POEM IN RELATION TO THE POEM OF LUCRETIUS . I. Personal affinities and contrast between Lucretius and Virgil • Influence of Lucretius on the ideas , method , and style ...
William Young Sellar. CHAPTER VI . STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE POEM IN RELATION TO THE POEM OF LUCRETIUS . I. Personal affinities and contrast between Lucretius and Virgil • Influence of Lucretius on the ideas , method , and style ...
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... POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 261-279 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry 261 263 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind · 266 ...
... POEM REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY 261-279 The Georgics an original work of Latin genius Technical value of the poem as an exposition of Italian hus- bandry 261 263 Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind · 266 ...
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... Poem . Literary motives of the poem Motive originating in the state of public feeling " " 99 in the position of Augustus New problem in literary art presented to Virgil The Aeneid the epic of the national fortunes 295-300 294 296 297 ...
... Poem . Literary motives of the poem Motive originating in the state of public feeling " " 99 in the position of Augustus New problem in literary art presented to Virgil The Aeneid the epic of the national fortunes 295-300 294 296 297 ...
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Page 164 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 247 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
Page 164 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 400 - Fly hence, our contact fear: Still fly, plunge deeper in the bowering wood! Averse, as Dido did with gesture stern From her false friend's approach in Hades turn, Wave us away, and keep thy solitude!
Page 366 - Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his" ait "eripe flammis. Hostis habet muros, ruit alto a culmine Troia.
Page 407 - Turnus vertitur arma tenens, et toto vertice supra est; ceu septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus 30 per tacitum Ganges, aut pingui flumine Nilus cum refluit campis et iam se condidit alveo.
Page 346 - Oceano, famam qui terminet astris, lulius, a magno demissum nomen lulo. Hunc tu olim caelo spoliis Orientis onustum accipies secura; vocabitur hie quoque votis.
Page 4 - Hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar cum patribus populoque, Penatibus et magnis dis...
Page 320 - His ego nee metas rerum nee tempora pono ; imperium sine fine dedi.
Page 325 - En, qui nostra sibi bello connubia poscunt ! Quis deus Italiam, quae vos dementia adegit ? Non hic Atridae, nec fandi fictor Ulixes. Durum a stirpe genus natos ad flumina primum Deferimus saevoque gelu duramus et undis ; Venatu invigilant pueri, silvasque fatigant ; Flectere ludus equos et spicula tendere cornu. At patiens operum parvoque adsueta iuventus Aut rastris terram domat, aut quatit oppida bello.