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... Aeneas when he yet turned his eyes to Ilium , and Romulus had built no wall ; when herds strayed over the Palatium , and the shepherd hung his rude gift to Pan or Pales under the tree ; when maidens ferried over the Velabrum to meet ...
... Aeneas when he yet turned his eyes to Ilium , and Romulus had built no wall ; when herds strayed over the Palatium , and the shepherd hung his rude gift to Pan or Pales under the tree ; when maidens ferried over the Velabrum to meet ...
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... Aeneas , and trans- ported by him to Italy . ' 39 21-24 . The principal rural festivals at which the fields , flocks , and countrymen were purified were the Ambarvalia ( see below Tib . 2. 1 ) , the Palilia ( Ov . Fast . 4. 721 sqq ...
... Aeneas , and trans- ported by him to Italy . ' 39 21-24 . The principal rural festivals at which the fields , flocks , and countrymen were purified were the Ambarvalia ( see below Tib . 2. 1 ) , the Palilia ( Ov . Fast . 4. 721 sqq ...
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... deum uniuscuiusque loci vel rei vel hominis . ' In Aen . 7 . 136 Aeneas invokes Geniumque loci . In voce Genius . See Müller , Die Etrusker , 3. 4 , 5 . This seems to be connected with the ancient doctrine , L 2 TIBULLUS , I. 7. , 49 . 147.
... deum uniuscuiusque loci vel rei vel hominis . ' In Aen . 7 . 136 Aeneas invokes Geniumque loci . In voce Genius . See Müller , Die Etrusker , 3. 4 , 5 . This seems to be connected with the ancient doctrine , L 2 TIBULLUS , I. 7. , 49 . 147.
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... Aeneas before starting on his wanderings by the Sibyl of Erythrae . Obviously Tibullus alludes to the visit to the Cumaean Sibyl as told by Virgil . 21-38 form a long parenthesis on the topic which the Roman poets dwelt on with peculiar ...
... Aeneas before starting on his wanderings by the Sibyl of Erythrae . Obviously Tibullus alludes to the visit to the Cumaean Sibyl as told by Virgil . 21-38 form a long parenthesis on the topic which the Roman poets dwelt on with peculiar ...
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... Aeneas , was the son of Venus This relationship to the volatile Amor of the staid , pious Aeneas is very rarely touched on by the poets . It is to be noted all through the history of Aeneas , especially as told in the Aeneid , that ...
... Aeneas , was the son of Venus This relationship to the volatile Amor of the staid , pious Aeneas is very rarely touched on by the poets . It is to be noted all through the history of Aeneas , especially as told in the Aeneid , that ...
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Page 265 - EXEGI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam. Usque ego postera Crescam laude recens, dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita Virgine pontifex.
Page 195 - Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my State with kings.
Page 287 - Next, Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Page 195 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 283 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 58 - Callimachi Manes et Coi sacra Philetae, in vestrum, quaeso, me sinite ire nemus. Primus ego ingredior puro de fonte sacerdos Itala per Graios orgia ferre choros.
Page 225 - IT is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair, Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand, Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair : Tell me not of your starry eyes, Your lips that seem on roses fed, Your breasts, where Cupid tumbling lies Nor sleeps for kissing of his bed : — A bloomy pair of vermeil cheeks Like Hebe's in her ruddiest hours, A breath that softer music speaks Than summer winds a-wooing flowers, These are but gauds : nay what are lips ? Coral beneath the ocean-stream, Whose...
Page 6 - Audeat invito ne quis discedere Amore, aut sciat egressum se prohibente deo. Quid tua nunc Isis mihi, Delia, quid mihi prosunt...
Page 8 - Messallam terra dum sequiturque mari.' sed me, quod facilis tenero sum semper Amori, ipsa Venus campos ducet in Elysios. hie...
Page 32 - V. Vos tenet, Etruscis manat quae fontibus unda, Unda sub aestivum non adeunda Canem, Nunc autem sacris Baiarum proxima lymphis, Cum se purpureo vere remittit humus : At mihi Persephone nigram denuntiat horam : 5 Imnerito iuveni parce nocere, dea.