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It is for Italy that Virgil sings of the husbandman's labor . Previous poets had sung for Rome ; Virgil was the first to sing for a united Italy . Fourth period of Virgil's life . The Aeneid . 991 12. If the Eclogues won general ...
It is for Italy that Virgil sings of the husbandman's labor . Previous poets had sung for Rome ; Virgil was the first to sing for a united Italy . Fourth period of Virgil's life . The Aeneid . 991 12. If the Eclogues won general ...
Page 188
The poem is an epic of war ( arma ) , and its hero ( virum ) is a Trojan , who , working out the destiny ( fato ) of his people , not- withstanding terrible trials due to unfriendly gods ( vi superum ) , reached Italy ( Italiam ) ...
The poem is an epic of war ( arma ) , and its hero ( virum ) is a Trojan , who , working out the destiny ( fato ) of his people , not- withstanding terrible trials due to unfriendly gods ( vi superum ) , reached Italy ( Italiam ) ...
Page 338
410. digressum : after thy departure ( i.e. from Italy ) , a par- ticiple . 411. et angusti rarescent claustra Pelori : and the barriers of narrow Pelorus open out . The reference is to the straits of Mes- sina , where Italy and Sicily ...
410. digressum : after thy departure ( i.e. from Italy ) , a par- ticiple . 411. et angusti rarescent claustra Pelori : and the barriers of narrow Pelorus open out . The reference is to the straits of Mes- sina , where Italy and Sicily ...
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| Title | Aeneid Books I-VI The students' series of Latin classics |
| Author | Virgil |
| Editors | Henry Rushton Fairclough, Seldon Lester Brown |
| Publisher | Sanborn, 1936 |
| Length | 655 pages |
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