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Page 70
... Ovid F. 2 , 414. It is here a substantive . For temptat in the sense of injuring the health ' cp . G. 3 , 411 , turpis oves temptat scabies . [ Dr. Kennedy translates fetas graves sickly from calving or yeaning . ' ] 6 7. fontes sacros ...
... Ovid F. 2 , 414. It is here a substantive . For temptat in the sense of injuring the health ' cp . G. 3 , 411 , turpis oves temptat scabies . [ Dr. Kennedy translates fetas graves sickly from calving or yeaning . ' ] 6 7. fontes sacros ...
Page 70
... Ovid F. 2 , 414. It is here a substantive . For temptat in the sense of ' injuring the health ' cp . G. 3 , 411 , turpis oves temptat scabies . [ Dr. Kennedy trans- lates fetas graves ' sickly from calving or yeaning . ' ] 7. fontes ...
... Ovid F. 2 , 414. It is here a substantive . For temptat in the sense of ' injuring the health ' cp . G. 3 , 411 , turpis oves temptat scabies . [ Dr. Kennedy trans- lates fetas graves ' sickly from calving or yeaning . ' ] 7. fontes ...
Page 71
... Ovid's orbe pererrato . The word exul is introduced to indicate that a change of homes , not mere travel , is meant . Germania , the country used for the people , is here loosely employed to ex- press the western European generally ...
... Ovid's orbe pererrato . The word exul is introduced to indicate that a change of homes , not mere travel , is meant . Germania , the country used for the people , is here loosely employed to ex- press the western European generally ...
Page 73
... Ovid describes the appearance of a person on a cliff to one at sea as haerentem scopulo , [ Ep . 10 , 186. ] 32. me pascente ] ' with me for shepherd . ' 33. cytisum ] . The cytisus is said to be the large sort of clover called snail ...
... Ovid describes the appearance of a person on a cliff to one at sea as haerentem scopulo , [ Ep . 10 , 186. ] 32. me pascente ] ' with me for shepherd . ' 33. cytisum ] . The cytisus is said to be the large sort of clover called snail ...
Page 77
... Ovid , Ep . 6 , 48. The foreign conquests of Rome are implied . 34-6 . But as the golden age develops , with the age of the child , all this will cease . There will be no need of ships . Every land will produce all that men need . hinc ...
... Ovid , Ep . 6 , 48. The foreign conquests of Rome are implied . 34-6 . But as the golden age develops , with the age of the child , all this will cease . There will be no need of ships . Every land will produce all that men need . hinc ...
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Aeneas aequis aether Alba alta animi āre ārī arma atque atum ātus sum Augustus āvi bees Caesar called castra circum Cloanthus conj corn ctum cura Dido domus ectum ĕre ĕris Euryalus genus Gyas Hades haec hendiadys hinc iamque igni illa ille illi ingens ĭnis inter ipsa ipse irreg issum ĭtum īvi king land Latium Lucretius magnus manu medio Messapi mihi Mnestheus moenia Mycenae neque nequiquam Nisus nsum ntis nunc omnes omnia omnis ōris Orpheus ōrum Ovid pater pectore plough plur poet primum Pristis procul pron quae quam quid refers regna remis river Roman Rome Rutuli Rutulian sanguine saxa Scythia Sergestus sese sidera simul sine Spercheus ssum super talia tamen tantum terra Thrace tibi Tiphys town Trojan unda urbes ūsum Vergil vero virum ΙΟ
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Page 88 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page xvi - Musae, paulo maiora canamus ! non omnes arbusta iuvant humilesque myricae ; si canimus silvas, silvae sint consule dignae. ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas ; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo, redeunt Saturnia regna ; iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto.
Page 14 - Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 80 - Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie; Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream: Ay me! I fondly dream! Had ye been there, for what could that have done?
Page 14 - Musae, 475 quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant caelique vias et sidera monstrent, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores; unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, 480 quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 30 - ... bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 1 - Saturnia regna; iam nova progenies caelo demittitur alto . tu modo nascenti puero , quo ferrea primum desinet ac toto surget gens aurea mundo , casta fave Lucina; tuus iam regnat Apollo.
Page 11 - ... rapit immensos orbis per humum neque tanto squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis. adde tot egregias urbes operumque laborem, 155 tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis fluminaque antiquos subterlabentia muros. an mare, quod supra, memorem, quodque adluit infra?
Page 43 - Continuo auditae voces, vagitus et ingens, Infantumque animae flentes in limine primo, Quos dulcis vitae exsortes et ab ubere raptos Abstulit atra dies et funere mersit acerbo.
Page 29 - Achivi 45 aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros inspectura domos venturaque desuper urbi, aut aliquis latet error: equo ne credite, Teucri: quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.