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Page 9
... 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.
... 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.
Page 47
... tradition ( which Vergil is fond of preserving ) assigned this sanctity to several places as being ancient oracles . Thus there were oracles of Fortuna at Antium and Praeneste , by lots drawn : a similar one at Caere in old Tuscan times ...
... tradition ( which Vergil is fond of preserving ) assigned this sanctity to several places as being ancient oracles . Thus there were oracles of Fortuna at Antium and Praeneste , by lots drawn : a similar one at Caere in old Tuscan times ...
Page 68
... tradition was the forerunner of the Roman state . Vergil makes it the intermediate period between the period of Aeneas and the historical Rome . maxima rerum , ' queen of the world ' : a phrase of majestic sim- plicity . 603. prima ...
... tradition was the forerunner of the Roman state . Vergil makes it the intermediate period between the period of Aeneas and the historical Rome . maxima rerum , ' queen of the world ' : a phrase of majestic sim- plicity . 603. prima ...
Page 70
... tradition that the Lydian settlers of Etruria first came . nequiquam , because they could not help him , or save him from death . 653. patriis qui laetior esset imperiis , a rather intricate phrase , lit. ' worthy to be happier in his ...
... tradition that the Lydian settlers of Etruria first came . nequiquam , because they could not help him , or save him from death . 653. patriis qui laetior esset imperiis , a rather intricate phrase , lit. ' worthy to be happier in his ...
Page 71
... tradition of Aventinus is unknown except here : it looks like Vergil's invention , though there may have been a tale to that effect . The ' priestess Rhea ' is a detail borrowed from the story of Romulus , whose mother was Rhea Silvia ...
... tradition of Aventinus is unknown except here : it looks like Vergil's invention , though there may have been a tale to that effect . The ' priestess Rhea ' is a detail borrowed from the story of Romulus , whose mother was Rhea Silvia ...
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