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... Elements of interest in the sixth The ' Pollio ' Questions discussed in connexion with that poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues . 132-153 132 133 135 138 140 141 144 145 147 150 II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral 153-162 ...
... Elements of interest in the sixth The ' Pollio ' Questions discussed in connexion with that poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues . 132-153 132 133 135 138 140 141 144 145 147 150 II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral 153-162 ...
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... elements in Greek speculative philosophy 221 National religion of Rome 222 Meaning of the Invocation of Caesar 224 Union of various modes of religious belief in the Invocation Proems to the other Books of the Georgics 225 227 IV ...
... elements in Greek speculative philosophy 221 National religion of Rome 222 Meaning of the Invocation of Caesar 224 Union of various modes of religious belief in the Invocation Proems to the other Books of the Georgics 225 227 IV ...
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... elements which the poetry of the early Empire has in common with that of the last years of the Republic . But the poetry of the new era has also certain marked characteristics , the result not so much of antecedent as of concomitant ...
... elements which the poetry of the early Empire has in common with that of the last years of the Republic . But the poetry of the new era has also certain marked characteristics , the result not so much of antecedent as of concomitant ...
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... elements in Augustus artistically or symbolically - represents him as drinking nectar between Pollux and Hercules , or as in- spired with wisdom by the Muses in a Pierian cave — in much the same spirit as the great painters of the ...
... elements in Augustus artistically or symbolically - represents him as drinking nectar between Pollux and Hercules , or as in- spired with wisdom by the Muses in a Pierian cave — in much the same spirit as the great painters of the ...
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... elements con- tributing to the general taste and culture of the age , but not as determining the political or ethical character stamped upon the literature . No direct literary influence was exercised by Agrippa , who is described by ...
... elements con- tributing to the general taste and culture of the age , but not as determining the political or ethical character stamped upon the literature . No direct literary influence was exercised by Agrippa , who is described by ...
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Page 257 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 398 - I, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas. Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, supplicia hausurum scopulis, et nomine Dido saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens, et cum frigida mors anima seduxerit artus, 385 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas. Audiam, et haec Manis veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 378 - Acesten.' talibus Ilioneus; cuncti simul ore fremebant Dardanidae. 560 Tum breviter Dido voltum demissa profatur: 'solvite corde metum, Teucri, secludite curas. res dura et regni novitas me talia cogunt moliri et late finis custode tueri. quis genus Aeneadum, quis Troiae nesciat urbem 505 virtutesque virosque aut tanti incendia belli?
Page 251 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
Page 171 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 171 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 249 - Les gens qui ne connaissent pas la campagne taxent de fable l'amitié du bœuf pour son camarade d'attelage. Qu'ils viennent voir au fond de l'étable un pauvre animal maigre, exténué, battant de sa queue inquiète ses flancs décharnés, soufflant avec effroi et dédain sur la nourriture qu'on lui présente, les yeux toujours tournés vers la porte, en grattant du pied la place vide à ses côtés, flairant les jougs et les chaînes que son compagnon a portés, et l'appelant sans cesse avec de...
Page 367 - Ille nihil ; nee me quaerentem vana moratur : Sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu ! fuge, nate dea, teque his, ' ait,
Page 407 - Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus Trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.
Page 341 - Hie quibus invisi fratres, dum vita manebat, pulsatusve parens, et fraus innexa clienti, aut qui divitiis soli incubuere repertis 610 nee partem posuere suis (quae maxima turba est), quique ob adulterium caesi, quique arma secuti impia nee veriti dominorum fallere dextras, inclusi poenam exspectant.