Selections from Vergil, ed. with notes and vocabulary by E.S. Shuckburgh |
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Page 78
... rivers ( Despoto dagh ) Ismarus is an isolated height near the south coast . This district possessed famous vine- yards , and was said to be the home of Orpheus . G. 4 , 461 , flerunt Rhodopeïae arces , i.e. at the distress of Orpheus ...
... rivers ( Despoto dagh ) Ismarus is an isolated height near the south coast . This district possessed famous vine- yards , and was said to be the home of Orpheus . G. 4 , 461 , flerunt Rhodopeïae arces , i.e. at the distress of Orpheus ...
Page 81
... river , ' used for the river itself . prono amni ' down the stream . ' The ablative in -i is a survival from an older form in -ei . The general tendency in Vergil's time and after him was to weaken the termination to -č . But we find ...
... river , ' used for the river itself . prono amni ' down the stream . ' The ablative in -i is a survival from an older form in -ei . The general tendency in Vergil's time and after him was to weaken the termination to -č . But we find ...
Page 90
... rivers - the Tagus , the Po , the Hebrus , the Pactolus , the Ganges ( H.N. 33 , 11 ) . 3. Bactra ] Balk , a northern province of Persia . 4. Panchaia ] i.e. Arabia , from an island of fabulous wealth feigned to be near the coast of ...
... rivers - the Tagus , the Po , the Hebrus , the Pactolus , the Ganges ( H.N. 33 , 11 ) . 3. Bactra ] Balk , a northern province of Persia . 4. Panchaia ] i.e. Arabia , from an island of fabulous wealth feigned to be near the coast of ...
Page 93
... river in Thessaly flowing through a rich plain into the Maliac Gulf ' The plains and Spercheus ' is an hendiadys for ' the plains of the Spercheus . ' Taygeta , the mountain of Laconia which extends to Taenarus ( Matapan ) . The form ...
... river in Thessaly flowing through a rich plain into the Maliac Gulf ' The plains and Spercheus ' is an hendiadys for ' the plains of the Spercheus . ' Taygeta , the mountain of Laconia which extends to Taenarus ( Matapan ) . The form ...
Page 98
... river and therefore ' muddy ' from alluvial soil . Rhodope a range of mountains between the rivers Hebrus and Nestus . redit porrecta ' makes a long sweep round . ' medium sub axem towards the south . " Axis is used for the sky , cp ...
... river and therefore ' muddy ' from alluvial soil . Rhodope a range of mountains between the rivers Hebrus and Nestus . redit porrecta ' makes a long sweep round . ' medium sub axem towards the south . " Axis is used for the sky , cp ...
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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.