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... sacred to his sire . - 277 . Dicetque . " And shall call its people . " - Nec metas rerum nec tempora . " Neither limits of power , nor duration of sway . " Hence Rome becomes the eternal city , a title appearing often on her coins ...
... sacred to his sire . - 277 . Dicetque . " And shall call its people . " - Nec metas rerum nec tempora . " Neither limits of power , nor duration of sway . " Hence Rome becomes the eternal city , a title appearing often on her coins ...
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... sacred to her , and was also of good omen for those who traversed the sea , from its never dipping under water . Hence , an old poet says : " Cycnus in auguriis nautis gratissimus ales . Hunc optant semper , quia nunquam mergitur aquâ ...
... sacred to her , and was also of good omen for those who traversed the sea , from its never dipping under water . Hence , an old poet says : " Cycnus in auguriis nautis gratissimus ales . Hunc optant semper , quia nunquam mergitur aquâ ...
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... sacred abode in lofty Cythera or in Idalium . " The preposition super is not unfrequently used for in and ad , where lofty places are referred to . Thus Ovid : " Super alta perennis Astra ferar " ( Met . xv . 875 ) ; and again in Livy ...
... sacred abode in lofty Cythera or in Idalium . " The preposition super is not unfrequently used for in and ad , where lofty places are referred to . Thus Ovid : " Super alta perennis Astra ferar " ( Met . xv . 875 ) ; and again in Livy ...
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... sacred to her . - 681 . Idalium . A mountain and grove in the island of Cyprus , sacred to Venus . - 682 . Ne quâ scire dolos , & c . " That he may not in any way be able to learn our stratagem , or present himself in the very midst of ...
... sacred to her . - 681 . Idalium . A mountain and grove in the island of Cyprus , sacred to Venus . - 682 . Ne quâ scire dolos , & c . " That he may not in any way be able to learn our stratagem , or present himself in the very midst of ...
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... sacred to her , and in which the Graces , her handmaids , were wont to bathe . - Abolere Sychæum . " To efface ( from her bosom the image of ) Sychæus . " - 721 . Et vivo tentat , & c . " And strives to preoccupy with a living love her ...
... sacred to her , and in which the Graces , her handmaids , were wont to bathe . - Abolere Sychæum . " To efface ( from her bosom the image of ) Sychæus . " - 721 . Et vivo tentat , & c . " And strives to preoccupy with a living love her ...
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