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293. dirae ferro et compagibus artis : grim with close - fitting bars of iron . A case of hendiadys . Cf. notes on 54 , 61. artis is an adjective . 294. Belli portae : the reference is to the temple of Janus , which was closed in time ...
293. dirae ferro et compagibus artis : grim with close - fitting bars of iron . A case of hendiadys . Cf. notes on 54 , 61. artis is an adjective . 294. Belli portae : the reference is to the temple of Janus , which was closed in time ...
Page 383
406. pars agmina cogunt : close up the ranks ; a military expres- sion . Note the perfect parallelism with the close of the preceding line . 407. castigant moras : rebuke delay , i.e. the laggards . For the plural of an abstract noun ...
406. pars agmina cogunt : close up the ranks ; a military expres- sion . Note the perfect parallelism with the close of the preceding line . 407. castigant moras : rebuke delay , i.e. the laggards . For the plural of an abstract noun ...
Page 512
( The dirge of Marcellus - the most pathetic scene in Roman litera- ture - furnishes a fitting close to this noble book . For an interesting incident associated with it , see Introd . § 13. As here we have the death of a nation's idol ...
( The dirge of Marcellus - the most pathetic scene in Roman litera- ture - furnishes a fitting close to this noble book . For an interesting incident associated with it , see Introd . § 13. As here we have the death of a nation's idol ...
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ablative according accusative Aeneas Aeneid alliteration Anchises Apollo arma atque Augustus bring called carry circum clause close course dactyls dative death Dido effect emphatic explained expression fall father force give gods Greek haec hand heaven hero Homer honor idea implies inter ipse Italy itus Jupiter king land Lines literally manus means mihi nunc offer omnis pass passage pater poet poetical present quae quam quid quis reference rhythm Roman Rome sail sense shows sound spondaic story subst super temple terras thought tibi tion Troia Trojan Troy turn Venus verb verse Virgil wind
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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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