Opera, Or The Works of Virgil: With Copious Notes, Mythological, Biographical, Etc., in EnglishPratt, Woodford & Company, 1846 - 615 pages |
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... daughter of Ju- piter and Themis . See nom . prop . under Astræa . Saturnia regna : the reign of Sa- turn . According to fable , Saturn was the son of Calus and Terra , or Vesta . Cœlus confined in Tartarus all his sons , except Saturn ...
... daughter of Ju- piter and Themis . See nom . prop . under Astræa . Saturnia regna : the reign of Sa- turn . According to fable , Saturn was the son of Calus and Terra , or Vesta . Cœlus confined in Tartarus all his sons , except Saturn ...
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... daughter of Nereus and Doris . Jupiter fell in love with her , and determined to marry her ; but being informed by Pro- metheus of a decree of the fates , that she should bear a son who should be greater than his father , he desisted ...
... daughter of Nereus and Doris . Jupiter fell in love with her , and determined to marry her ; but being informed by Pro- metheus of a decree of the fates , that she should bear a son who should be greater than his father , he desisted ...
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... daughter of Lycurgus , king of Thrace , and fell in love with Demophoon , the son of Theseus , king of Athens , on his return from the Trojan war . He went home to settle some business , and tarrying longer than the time appointed for ...
... daughter of Lycurgus , king of Thrace , and fell in love with Demophoon , the son of Theseus , king of Athens , on his return from the Trojan war . He went home to settle some business , and tarrying longer than the time appointed for ...
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... daughter of Saturn and Ops , and mother of Proserpine by Jupiter , whom Pluto carried off while she was gathering flowers in the plains of Enna , in Sicily , The loss was grievous to Ceres , who sought her both day and night ; when at ...
... daughter of Saturn and Ops , and mother of Proserpine by Jupiter , whom Pluto carried off while she was gathering flowers in the plains of Enna , in Sicily , The loss was grievous to Ceres , who sought her both day and night ; when at ...
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... daughter of Epimetheus , and wife of Deucalion , the son of Prome theus , and king of Thessaly . The poets say , that some time during his reign the in- habitants of the earth were destroyed by a universal deluge , except himself and ...
... daughter of Epimetheus , and wife of Deucalion , the son of Prome theus , and king of Thessaly . The poets say , that some time during his reign the in- habitants of the earth were destroyed by a universal deluge , except himself and ...
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Page 43 - Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, versus, saevus Amor docuit natorum sanguine matrem commaculare manus ; crudelis tu quoque, mater : crudelis mater magis, an puer improbus ille? improbus ille puer ; crudelis tu quoque, mater.
Page 358 - At, Phoebi nondum patiens, immanis in antro bacchatur vates, magnum si pectore possit excussisse deum ; tanto magis ille fatigat os rabidum, fera corda domans, fingitque premendo.
Page 154 - Quis et me, inquit, miseram, et te perdidit, Orpheu? Quis tantus furor? en iterum crudelia retro 495 fata vocant, conditque natantia lumina somnus. lamque vale. Feror ingenti circumdata nocte, invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas!
Page 225 - Non sic, aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis Exiit, oppositasque evicit gurgite moles, Fertur in arva furens cumulo, camposque per omnes Cum stabulis armenta trahit.
Page 372 - Troi'us heros ut primum iuxta stetit adgnovitque per umbras obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense aut videt, aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam, demisit lacrimas, dulcique adfatus amore est : 455 ' Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam, ferroque extrema secutam?
Page 211 - ... bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis. ille simul manibus tendit divellere nodos, 220 perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno, clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit : quales mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram taurus, et incertam excussit cervice securim.
Page 109 - Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 21 - At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones.
Page 224 - ... apparet domus intus, et atria longa patescunt ; apparent Priami et veterum penetralia regum, armatosque vident stantes in limine primo.
Page 360 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hic labor est.