Selections from Vergil, ed. with notes and vocabulary by E.S. Shuckburgh |
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... ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus in puppim ferit : excutitur pronusque magister volvitur in caput ; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem 15 torquet agens circum , et rapidus vorat aequore vortex . Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto , arma ...
... ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus in puppim ferit : excutitur pronusque magister volvitur in caput ; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem 15 torquet agens circum , et rapidus vorat aequore vortex . Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto , arma ...
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Aeneas Aeschylus Alba alta animi āre arma atque ātum Augustus āvi bees Book bring Caesar called carry clamore close College comes course death describes direction ectum Edited ĕre ĕris Euryalus fall famous father follow genus Greek haec head hinc horse iamque illa illi ingens inter ipsa ipse Italy ĭtum king land late manu means medio mountain nature neque night Nisus ntis nunc omnes omnis ōris plur poet preparation primum quae quam quid Quis Ready refers river rock Roman Rome round sanguine saxa seems side sidera simul sine stand terra tibi town Trojan turn unda usually Vergil wind
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Page 2 - 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 16 - Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 82 - 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?
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Page 32 - ... bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
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Page 31 - 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Selections from Vergil, ed. with notes and vocabulary by E.S. Shuckburgh Elem. classics |
| Author | Publius Vergilius Maro |
| Editor | Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh |
| Published | 1883 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2006 |
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