P. Virgilii Maronis CarminaT. Nelson, 1864 - 406 pages |
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Page vi
... poet that ever wrote , ' which Niebuhr has so justly applied to him . At Neapolis he was instructed in Greek ... poets " is a name which Alexander Severus assigned to Virgil : chiefly , we may suppose , from the mythological doctrines in ...
... poet that ever wrote , ' which Niebuhr has so justly applied to him . At Neapolis he was instructed in Greek ... poets " is a name which Alexander Severus assigned to Virgil : chiefly , we may suppose , from the mythological doctrines in ...
Page vii
... poet in the possession of his property . Thus admitted to the society and — what is more— honoured by the esteem , of men of the highest rank , friends of the new established empire , Virgil might possibly have risen to power , to ...
... poet in the possession of his property . Thus admitted to the society and — what is more— honoured by the esteem , of men of the highest rank , friends of the new established empire , Virgil might possibly have risen to power , to ...
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... poets of the day -the genus irritabile vatum - forgot their petty jealousies . Nor was he less admired by his country- men as a poet than beloved as a man : LIFE OF VIRGIL . xiii.
... poets of the day -the genus irritabile vatum - forgot their petty jealousies . Nor was he less admired by his country- men as a poet than beloved as a man : LIFE OF VIRGIL . xiii.
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Virgil. men as a poet than beloved as a man : he soon became the cherished national bard of the Romans : Cedite Romani scriptores , cedite Graii : Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade , eloquently exclaims Propertius in well - known words ...
Virgil. men as a poet than beloved as a man : he soon became the cherished national bard of the Romans : Cedite Romani scriptores , cedite Graii : Nescio quid majus nascitur Iliade , eloquently exclaims Propertius in well - known words ...
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... poet contrives to present a vivid picture of the sufferings of the farmers and the rudeness of the soldiers . M ... poetic . = fistula , a shepherd's pipe . ' ( In v . 10 : calamus agrestis . ) " 10 6. deus , of Octavianus , the protec ...
... poet contrives to present a vivid picture of the sufferings of the farmers and the rudeness of the soldiers . M ... poetic . = fistula , a shepherd's pipe . ' ( In v . 10 : calamus agrestis . ) " 10 6. deus , of Octavianus , the protec ...
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Achates Achilles acies Aeneas Aeolus aequora aestas agmina alta alto Anchises ancient town animos Apollo Ardea arma armis arsis arva Ascanius Asia Minor auras Bacchus bello called Campania celebrated circum coast coeli coelo coelum Comp conjux construe corpora country dative daughter deûm deus dextrâ Dido divûm Epirus Etruria famous fata father fatur ferro flumina Greek Haud hence poetic Hinc ille infelix ingens Interea island Italy Jamque Juno Jupiter king Latio Latium Lavinia limina litora magnâ Mantua mihi moenia mountain muros name neque nequiquam nunc old form omnibus ōnis ōrum pater pectore poet poetic proelia prop quum regna river Rutuli Rutulian sanguine saxa see the foll see the prec sese Sicily sidera silvis sine slain by Turnus super Synaeresis Tarchon tecta tela tellus terram Teucri Teucros three syllables tibi Trojan Troy two syllables urbem Venus vertice Virgil Vulcan wife