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Page vi
... Italy . Shortly after landing at Brundisium he died , Sept. 21 , 19 B.C. , only a few weeks before the completion of his fifty- first year . His remains were brought to Naples , a spot of which he had been particularly fond during his ...
... Italy . Shortly after landing at Brundisium he died , Sept. 21 , 19 B.C. , only a few weeks before the completion of his fifty- first year . His remains were brought to Naples , a spot of which he had been particularly fond during his ...
Page ix
... Italy . The same subject had already been treated by Nae- vius in the Bellum Punicum and by Ennius in his Annals , but only incidentally . However , the tradition was already old and well established that Italy was settled by Trojans ...
... Italy . The same subject had already been treated by Nae- vius in the Bellum Punicum and by Ennius in his Annals , but only incidentally . However , the tradition was already old and well established that Italy was settled by Trojans ...
Page x
... Italian hosts , modelled on Homer's catalogue of the ships ; we have almost endless accounts of deeds of personal prowess ; while the final struggle for the hand of Lavinia is determined by single combat between Aeneas and Turnus , just ...
... Italian hosts , modelled on Homer's catalogue of the ships ; we have almost endless accounts of deeds of personal prowess ; while the final struggle for the hand of Lavinia is determined by single combat between Aeneas and Turnus , just ...
Page xi
... Italy , his marriage with Lavinia , and the union of the Trojans with the Latins are sketched not only as glorious achievements of the past , but as connected with , and pointing to , the present of Rome , and as prophetic of her future ...
... Italy , his marriage with Lavinia , and the union of the Trojans with the Latins are sketched not only as glorious achievements of the past , but as connected with , and pointing to , the present of Rome , and as prophetic of her future ...
Page xiv
... Italy for Greece in 19 B.C. , he had commissioned his friend Varius to burn the manuscript of the Aeneid should he die before adding the finishing touches ; and on his death - bed at Brundisium he called repeatedly for the poem that he ...
... Italy for Greece in 19 B.C. , he had commissioned his friend Varius to burn the manuscript of the Aeneid should he die before adding the finishing touches ; and on his death - bed at Brundisium he called repeatedly for the poem that he ...
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Ablative Ablative Absolute accusative Achilles Aeneas Aeneas's Aeneid Aeolus aequora alta Anchises animi Apollo apposition āre arma Ascanius atque auras caelo caelum caestus Carthage circum clause Creusa cura cursus Dardanus Dative deinde dextra Dido divum entis fata force genitive genus goddess gods Greek haec haud Helenus hinc illa ingens inis inter ipse īre Italiam Italy Jamque Juno Jupiter Latin Latium Libyae limina literally litora magna manus mihi Mnestheus moenia multa Mycenae neque noun numina nunc omnis ōnis ōris ōrum pater pectore pelago plural poetic predicate Priam primum procul quae quam quibus quid quis quod quondam referring Roman sail Sicily sidera subjunctive super syllable talia tantum terga terras tibi Trojans Troy ultro umbra unda understand urbe urbem Venus verb Virgil viri virum word
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Page 32 - ... 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 133 - Tantum effata furens antro se immisit aperto: ille ducem haud timidis vadentem passibus aequat. Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, et Chaos et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, 265 sit mihi fas audita loqui, sit numine vestro pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas. Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna...
Page 147 - Dicam equidem, nee te suspensum, nate, tenebo' suscipit Anchises, atque ordine singula pandit. ' Principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentis lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra 725 spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet. inde hominum pecudumque genus, vitaeque volantum, et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus. igneus est ollis vigor et caelestis origo...
Page 129 - 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, hie labor est.
Page 84 - Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor ? Mene fugis ? Per ego has lacrimas dextramque tuam te — Quando aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa reliqui — Per connubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos, Si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam Dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam, Oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem.
Page 147 - ille autem : 'tua me, genitor, tua tristis imago, saepius occurrens, haec limina tendere adegit. stant sale Tyrrheno classes. da iungere dextram, da, genitor ; teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.
Page 148 - Has omnes, ubi mille rotam volvere per annos, Lethaeum ad fluvium deus evocat agmine magno, scilicet immemores supera ut convexa revisant 750 rursus et incipiant in corpora velle revertí...
Page 103 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 64 - Dissiluisse ferunt, cum protinus utraque tellus ' Una foret : venit medio vi pontus et undis ' Hesperium Siculo latus abscidit, arvaque et urbes 'Litore diductas angusto interluit aestu.
Page 139 - ... egere suis ; nee credere quivi hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem. siste gradum, teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro. quem fugis ? extremum fato, quod te adloquor, hoc est.