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... Latin , does not aim at doing more than supplying in a small compass such help to the thorough knowledge of this book as it is probable would be most useful to them . It is not intended to supply the place of a dictionary : for all ...
... Latin , does not aim at doing more than supplying in a small compass such help to the thorough knowledge of this book as it is probable would be most useful to them . It is not intended to supply the place of a dictionary : for all ...
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... Latin sub- junctives ; also the necessary Index to the notes , to enable the book to be used for purposes of ready reference . The form of the Poem . The Aeneid is what is called an epic poem , that is , it is a long narrative poem ...
... Latin sub- junctives ; also the necessary Index to the notes , to enable the book to be used for purposes of ready reference . The form of the Poem . The Aeneid is what is called an epic poem , that is , it is a long narrative poem ...
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... of local traditions , old Latin customs , explanations of names , and antiquarian lore of all kinds . He feels that nothing can so stimulate the common patriotism , and feeling of unity with a great past , as thus INTRODUCTION . 9.
... of local traditions , old Latin customs , explanations of names , and antiquarian lore of all kinds . He feels that nothing can so stimulate the common patriotism , and feeling of unity with a great past , as thus INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... Latin poets ; or , rather , it was one of the very things they pro- posed to do in writing1 . Vergil's style , indeed , is completely his own , and entirely unlike Homer's , as is plain from what has been said ; his main purpose and ...
... Latin poets ; or , rather , it was one of the very things they pro- posed to do in writing1 . Vergil's style , indeed , is completely his own , and entirely unlike Homer's , as is plain from what has been said ; his main purpose and ...
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... Latin coast . The nurse ( or rather wet - nurse ) was regarded with a half - filial reve- rence and affection . In v . 645 Pyrgo , the foster - nurse of the princes of Troy , is the leader of the Trojan women , and a person of ...
... Latin coast . The nurse ( or rather wet - nurse ) was regarded with a half - filial reve- rence and affection . In v . 645 Pyrgo , the foster - nurse of the princes of Troy , is the leader of the Trojan women , and a person of ...
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17 Paternoster Row adeo Aeneas Aeneid aethera Allecto Amata Anchises arma atque Augustus aurea bello caelo called Cambridge Warehouse cloth coniunx constr Dardanus Demy 8vo Demy Octavo Edited English Notes enim epic erat Euander facias Fellow of Trinity gods Greek haec haud hendiadys Hercules Himella hinc Homer huic Hunc iamque imitation ingens inter Ipse Italy Iulus Iuno Iuppiter iuventus king late Fellow Latin Latium litora lumina M. T. Ciceronis manu meaning Mezentius mihi nomen nunc nymph obliq Octavo omnes Pallas pater phrase poem poet poetic Praeneste Price Professor quae Quam quid quin quod Roman Rome Rutuli Sabine sanguine sense Sicani simile St John's College story style subj tecta Tiber tibi Trinity College Trojan war Trojans Troy Turnus Tuscan University of Cambridge urbem urbes verb Vergil Vergilian Vulcan word Zeus
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