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Page xi
... Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus's son , Achilles ; sing the deadly wrath that brought Woes numberless upon the Greeks , and swept To Hades many a valiant soul , and gave Their limbs a prey to dogs and birds of air . " Virgil begins ...
... Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus's son , Achilles ; sing the deadly wrath that brought Woes numberless upon the Greeks , and swept To Hades many a valiant soul , and gave Their limbs a prey to dogs and birds of air . " Virgil begins ...
Page 158
... goddess strove and cherished ( the hope ) even then that this ( viz . this city , Carthage ) should be ruler ( literally , ruling power ) of the nations , if in any way the Fates should permit ; hoc , for hanc ( urbem ) , is attracted ...
... goddess strove and cherished ( the hope ) even then that this ( viz . this city , Carthage ) should be ruler ( literally , ruling power ) of the nations , if in any way the Fates should permit ; hoc , for hanc ( urbem ) , is attracted ...
Page 159
... goddess threw a golden apple among the guests , with the inscription , ' To the fairest . ' Thereupon Juno , Venus , and Minerva each claimed the apple for herself . Jupiter ordered Mercury to take the goddesses to Mt. Gargarus , a ...
... goddess threw a golden apple among the guests , with the inscription , ' To the fairest . ' Thereupon Juno , Venus , and Minerva each claimed the apple for herself . Jupiter ordered Mercury to take the goddesses to Mt. Gargarus , a ...
Page 161
... goddess . In punishment for this act of impiety , Pallas destroyed the fleet of Ajax upon his return from Troy . Ajacis Oilei : Ajax ( the son ) of O - t - leus ; so designated to distinguish him from the more famous Ajax , son of ...
... goddess . In punishment for this act of impiety , Pallas destroyed the fleet of Ajax upon his return from Troy . Ajacis Oilei : Ajax ( the son ) of O - t - leus ; so designated to distinguish him from the more famous Ajax , son of ...
Page 165
... goddess mother , Venus . For the declension of Tydide , see B. 22 ; A. 44 ; G. 65 ; H. 81. mene non potuisse : alas that I could not ! exclamatory infinitive ; B. 334 ; A. 462 ; G. 534 ; H. 616 , 3. In line 37 , mene incepto desistere ...
... goddess mother , Venus . For the declension of Tydide , see B. 22 ; A. 44 ; G. 65 ; H. 81. mene non potuisse : alas that I could not ! exclamatory infinitive ; B. 334 ; A. 462 ; G. 534 ; H. 616 , 3. In line 37 , mene incepto desistere ...
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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.