Virgil's Aeneid: books I-XIIAmerican Book Company, 1902 - 342 pages "Editions and helpful books": p. 26-28. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 69
Page 17
... falls short of the grandeur which befits the epic style ; in passages of grief and suffering it takes hold of our sympathies with all the power of the most affecting tragedy . What a sublime epic of itself is the account of the sack of ...
... falls short of the grandeur which befits the epic style ; in passages of grief and suffering it takes hold of our sympathies with all the power of the most affecting tragedy . What a sublime epic of itself is the account of the sack of ...
Page 6
... fall of Troy ( see introductory note to Book Third ) Aeneas and his followers arrived at Drepanum , in the west of Sicily , where they were hospitably entertained by Acest es , a prince of Trojan descent . During this visit Anchises ...
... fall of Troy ( see introductory note to Book Third ) Aeneas and his followers arrived at Drepanum , in the west of Sicily , where they were hospitably entertained by Acest es , a prince of Trojan descent . During this visit Anchises ...
Page 10
... falls into the trough of the sea , and is immedi- ately struck by the whole weight of a mountainous wave . breaking upon its side . 105. cumulo : ' in a mass ' ; join with insequitur as an ablative of manner . 106. Hi : those in one ...
... falls into the trough of the sea , and is immedi- ately struck by the whole weight of a mountainous wave . breaking upon its side . 105. cumulo : ' in a mass ' ; join with insequitur as an ablative of manner . 106. Hi : those in one ...
Page 13
... falls in with a herd of deer , and thus secures food for his friends , whom he addresses , on returning , with consoling words . 157. Aeneadae : ' followers of Aeneas , ' ' the Trojans . ' quae- litora : ' the shores which are nearest ...
... falls in with a herd of deer , and thus secures food for his friends , whom he addresses , on returning , with consoling words . 157. Aeneadae : ' followers of Aeneas , ' ' the Trojans . ' quae- litora : ' the shores which are nearest ...
Page 17
... fall of Troy . Jupiter has promised that it shall be revived in Italy through Aeneas and his followers . 236. omni dicione : ' with unlimited sway . ' qui tenerent : see note on verteret , 1. 20 . 237. Pollicitus : sc . es . Cf. X , 827 ...
... fall of Troy . Jupiter has promised that it shall be revived in Italy through Aeneas and his followers . 236. omni dicione : ' with unlimited sway . ' qui tenerent : see note on verteret , 1. 20 . 237. Pollicitus : sc . es . Cf. X , 827 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ablative ablative absolute Aeneas Aeneid aequis aequore alta Anchises animis Apollo arma armis ārum Ascanius atque ātus ātus sum auras āvī bello caelo caelum caput circum Creüsa cursu Dardanus dative dextra dictis Dido dissyllable entis equos fata ferro freq genitive genus Greek haec Haud hinc Hunc Iamque illa ille ingens inter ipse itus Juno Jupiter king Latin Latinus Latium litora manus medio meton Mezentius mihi Mnestheus moenia multa neque nunc omnes omnia omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Pallas pater pectore Priam primum procul pron pugnae quae quam Quid quis quod Roman Rutuli Rutulian sanguine sẽ ships slain subst super synaeresis tela terras Teucri tibi tmesis Trojan Troy Turnus ultro unda urbe urbem Venus videt Virgil
Popular passages
Page 99 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 177 - Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento ; Hae tibi erunt artes ; pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 175 - Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva Saturno quondam...
Page 172 - Lethaeumque domos placidas qui praenatat amnem. hunc circum innumerae gentes populique volabant ; ac velut in pratis ubi apes aestate serena floribus insidunt variis, et candida circum lilia funduntur ; strepit omnis murmure campus.
Page 168 - Tum Tartarus ipse bis patet in praeceps tantum tenditque sub umbras, quantus ad aetherium caeli suspectus Olympum. Hie genus antiquum Terrae, Titania pubes, 580 fulmine deiecti fundo volvuntur in imo. ' Hie et Aloidas geminos immania vidi corpora, qui manibus magnum rescindere caelum adgressi, superisque lovem detrudere regnis.
Page 18 - And art thou then that Virgil, that well-spring, From which such copious floods of eloquence Have issued?" I with front abash'd replied. "Glory and light of all the tuneful train! May it avail me, that I long with zeal Have sought thy volume, and with love immense Have conn'd it o'er. My master thou, and guide! Thou he from whom alone I have derived That style, which for its beauty into fame Exalts me. See the beast, from whom I fled. O save me from her, thou illustrious sage! For every vein and...
Page 160 - Quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto 310 Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus Trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.
Page 165 - ... 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.
Page 36 - Libyae vertuntur ad oras. est in secessu longo locus: insula portum 160 efficit obiectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
Page 222 - Mezentius umquam huic capiti insultans tot ferro saeva dedisset 570 funera, tam multis viduasset civibus urbem. at vos, o superi, et divum tu maxima rector luppiter, Arcadii, quaeso, miserescite regis et patrias audite preces : si numina vestra incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reservant, 575 si visurus eum vivo et venturus in unum : vitam oro, patior quemvis durare laborem. sin aliquem infandum casum, Fortuna, minaris, nunc, nunc o liceat crudelem abrumpere vitam, dum curae ambiguae, dum spes incerta...