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Page xvi
... pass to rise no more ; VIII Now thy Forum roars no longer , fallen every purple Caesar's dome Tho ' thine ocean - roll of rhythm sound for ever of Imperial Rome - IX Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd , and the Rome of freemen holds ...
... pass to rise no more ; VIII Now thy Forum roars no longer , fallen every purple Caesar's dome Tho ' thine ocean - roll of rhythm sound for ever of Imperial Rome - IX Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd , and the Rome of freemen holds ...
Page 171
... passing near the Sicilian straits ; see iii , 431 ff . penitusque sonantis scopulos : and the deep- echoing cliffs , i.e. the cliffs that echoed to the barking of Scylla's dogs . 201. accestis : shortened form for accessistis ; B. 116 ...
... passing near the Sicilian straits ; see iii , 431 ff . penitusque sonantis scopulos : and the deep- echoing cliffs , i.e. the cliffs that echoed to the barking of Scylla's dogs . 201. accestis : shortened form for accessistis ; B. 116 ...
Page 174
... pass on beyond . The word in- Timavi : the volves the added idea of surmounting difficulties . modern Timavo , a river at the head of the Adriatic Sea in modern Austria . After a subterranean course of nearly twenty - five miles , it ...
... pass on beyond . The word in- Timavi : the volves the added idea of surmounting difficulties . modern Timavo , a river at the head of the Adriatic Sea in modern Austria . After a subterranean course of nearly twenty - five miles , it ...
Page 199
... . Virgil evidently has in mind the Homeric custom of passing to guests a basin of water in which the hands could be dipped . Cererem bread . By Metonymy the name of the goddess of the grain is NOTES TO BOOK I , LINES 681-701 . 199.
... . Virgil evidently has in mind the Homeric custom of passing to guests a basin of water in which the hands could be dipped . Cererem bread . By Metonymy the name of the goddess of the grain is NOTES TO BOOK I , LINES 681-701 . 199.
Page 202
... passing nights , viz , of winter . 748. nec non et : as in line 707 . 749. infelix : cf. line 712 , pesti devota futurae . amorem : i.e. drank deep draughts of love . longum bibebat 751. Aurorae filius : Memnon ; see the note on line ...
... passing nights , viz , of winter . 748. nec non et : as in line 707 . 749. infelix : cf. line 712 , pesti devota futurae . amorem : i.e. drank deep draughts of love . longum bibebat 751. Aurorae filius : Memnon ; see the note on line ...
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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.