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Page vii
... according to some authorities , a potter or brickmaker , and , according to others , the hireling of a travelling merchant named Maius , or Magus . He so ingratiated himself , however , with hist master , that he received his daughter ...
... according to some authorities , a potter or brickmaker , and , according to others , the hireling of a travelling merchant named Maius , or Magus . He so ingratiated himself , however , with hist master , that he received his daughter ...
Page xv
... According to some accounts , the four lines " Ille ego quondam , " & c . , which are still prefixed to the Æneid in many editions , were expunged by Varius and Tucca ; but , according to others , they never were written by Virgil , and ...
... According to some accounts , the four lines " Ille ego quondam , " & c . , which are still prefixed to the Æneid in many editions , were expunged by Varius and Tucca ; but , according to others , they never were written by Virgil , and ...
Page 289
... According to Macrobius ( Sat. v . , c . 22 ) Virgil borrowed this legend from one of the lost plays of Euripides . The source of the fable , however , is found in Homer ( Od . iii . 135 , and iv . 499 , seqq . ) , except that the latter ...
... According to Macrobius ( Sat. v . , c . 22 ) Virgil borrowed this legend from one of the lost plays of Euripides . The source of the fable , however , is found in Homer ( Od . iii . 135 , and iv . 499 , seqq . ) , except that the latter ...
Page 299
... According to some , he founded Patavium , now Padua ; a legend which Virgil here adopts . — 243 . Illyricos penetrare sinus , & c . " To penetrate in safety the Illyrian bays , and reach the realms of the Liburni far within . " The ...
... According to some , he founded Patavium , now Padua ; a legend which Virgil here adopts . — 243 . Illyricos penetrare sinus , & c . " To penetrate in safety the Illyrian bays , and reach the realms of the Liburni far within . " The ...
Page 306
... ( according to the Greek legends ) , father of Cadmus , and an ancestor of Dido's . Hence Carthage , founded by one of his descendants , is figuratively called after his name , as if the poet had styled it the city of the Agenorida . 306 ...
... ( according to the Greek legends ) , father of Cadmus , and an ancestor of Dido's . Hence Carthage , founded by one of his descendants , is figuratively called after his name , as if the poet had styled it the city of the Agenorida . 306 ...
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