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... heaven in the struggle he seeks to emphasize the fact that the Romans were a " chosen people , " specially selected on account of their aptitude for the great career that was before them , while incidentally he pays a lofty compliment ...
... heaven in the struggle he seeks to emphasize the fact that the Romans were a " chosen people , " specially selected on account of their aptitude for the great career that was before them , while incidentally he pays a lofty compliment ...
Page xix
... heaven and his duty to man . He saves his father , he saves his country's gods from the ruin of Troy , and all his subsequent career is one long obedience to the call of his conscience and his high destiny . Even in his desertion of ...
... heaven and his duty to man . He saves his father , he saves his country's gods from the ruin of Troy , and all his subsequent career is one long obedience to the call of his conscience and his high destiny . Even in his desertion of ...
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... heavens , and the growth of man and beast ; of Arcturus and the Hyades , and why the wintry sun dips in Ocean's stream . Deeply meantime did Dido take her fill of love , questioning Aeneas of Priam and Hector , of Diomede and mighty ...
... heavens , and the growth of man and beast ; of Arcturus and the Hyades , and why the wintry sun dips in Ocean's stream . Deeply meantime did Dido take her fill of love , questioning Aeneas of Priam and Hector , of Diomede and mighty ...
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... heaven above that he spake the truth alone , he that had no cause to love the Greeks , nor keep their evil secrets And thus he told his lying tale . 162-194 . " Ever since the day when Ulysses and Diomed had carried off her sacred image ...
... heaven above that he spake the truth alone , he that had no cause to love the Greeks , nor keep their evil secrets And thus he told his lying tale . 162-194 . " Ever since the day when Ulysses and Diomed had carried off her sacred image ...
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... Heaven , she cried , ' not Helen , that works the downfall of Troy : 605 ' Aspice - namque omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi et humida circum Caligat , nubem eripiam ; tu ne qua parentis Iussa time , neu ...
... Heaven , she cried , ' not Helen , that works the downfall of Troy : 605 ' Aspice - namque omnem , quae nunc obducta tuenti Mortales hebetat visus tibi et humida circum Caligat , nubem eripiam ; tu ne qua parentis Iussa time , neu ...
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Achates Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus aequora agmine alta Anchises Andromache Apollo Ardea arma armis Ascanius auras back bade battle caelo caelum called Cassandra circum city coniunx corpora Creusa cried Cybele dead death deus dictis Dido divom earth Elysium END OF BOOK epic fata fatur fell first found genitive genitor gods great Greek Haud heard heart Heaven hostem Iamque Ille Impression infelix ingens Iovis Italy Iuno Iuppiter Juno Jupiter king last Latin Latinus Latio Latium Lavinia lines literally litora long lumina made make Mezentius mihi Mnestheus moenia muros Mycenae Nate neque nequiquam nunc Omnibus once Pallas Paradise Lost pater pectore place poem purpose read reader Roman Rome Rutuli Rutulians sacrifice sanguine ships SHORTER sidera sine soon stood talia Tarchon tela tellus Teucri thee thou tibi time Troiae Trojans Troy Turnus urbem Venus vertice Virgil volnere volnus words
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Page 100 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore voltus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : 85° tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento ; hae tibi erunt artes ; pacisque imponere morem, parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 85 - Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 94 - Respicit Aeneas subito et sub rupe sinistra moenia lata videt triplici circumdata muro, quae rapidus flammis ambit torrentibus amnis, . 550 Tartareus Phlegethon, torquetque sonantia saxa.
Page 27 - Di, si qua est caelo pietas, quae talia curet, ' Persolvant grates dignas, et praemia reddant 'Debita. qui nati coram me cernere letum ' Fecisti, et patrios foedasti funere voltus. 'At non ille, satum quo te mentiris, Achilles 540 ' Talis in hoste fuit Priamo ; sed iura fidemque 'Supplicis erubuit, corpusque exsangue sepulcro ' Reddidit Hectoreum, meque in mea regna remisit...
Page 56 - 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, omnibus umbra locis adero. dabis, improbe, poenas. audiam et haec manis veniet mihi fama sub imos.
Page 17 - O miseri, quae tanta insania, cives? creditis avectos hostis? aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum? sic notus Ulixes? Aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi, 45 aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros, inspectura domos venturaque desuper urbi, aut aliquis latet error; equo ne credite, Teucri.
Page 59 - Nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem corpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant aequora, cum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, cum tacet omnis ager, pecudes pictaeque volucres, quaeque lacus late liquidos quaeque aspera dumis rura tenent, somno positae sub nocte silenti.
Page 127 - Catonem. 670 haec inter tumidi late maris ibat imago aurea, sed fluctu spumabant caerula cano, et circum argento clari delphines in orbem aequora verrebant caudis aestumque secabant.
Page 58 - Talibus orabat, talesque miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror. Sed nullis ille movetur Fletibus, aut voces ullas tractabilis audit; Fata obstant, placidasque viri deus obstruit aures.
Page 51 - Incipit; insequitur commixta grandine nimbus. Et Tyrii comites passim et Troiana iuventus Dardaniusque nepos Veneris diversa per agros Tecta metu petiere : ruunt de montibus amnes. Speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem 165 Deveniunt. Prima et Tellus et pronuba luno Dant signum : fulsere ignes, et conscius aether Conubiis, summoque ulularunt vertice Nymphae.