Selections from the Aeneid of Virgil: Comprising the First, Second, Third, and Sixth Books. With Examination Questions, Notes, and a Vocabulary |
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Page 49
... Anchises oculos ad sidera lætus Extulit , et cœlo palmas cum voce tetendit : Jupiter omnipotens , precibus si flecteris ullis , Adspice nos ; hoc tantum : et , si pietate meremur , Da deinde auxilium , pater , atque hæc omina firma ...
... Anchises oculos ad sidera lætus Extulit , et cœlo palmas cum voce tetendit : Jupiter omnipotens , precibus si flecteris ullis , Adspice nos ; hoc tantum : et , si pietate meremur , Da deinde auxilium , pater , atque hæc omina firma ...
Page 54
... Anchises , he leaves Delos , and in a short time arrives on the shores of Crete . Here also , having founded a city , which he called " Pergama , " and being afflicted with a sud- den plague , he is warned in a vision to leave Crete and ...
... Anchises , he leaves Delos , and in a short time arrives on the shores of Crete . Here also , having founded a city , which he called " Pergama , " and being afflicted with a sud- den plague , he is warned in a vision to leave Crete and ...
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... Anchises , passis de littore palmis , Numina magna vocat , meritosque indicit honores : Dî , prohibete minas : dî , talem avertite casum ; Et placidi servate pios . Tum littore funem Deripere excussosque jubet laxare rudentis . Tendunt ...
... Anchises , passis de littore palmis , Numina magna vocat , meritosque indicit honores : Dî , prohibete minas : dî , talem avertite casum ; Et placidi servate pios . Tum littore funem Deripere excussosque jubet laxare rudentis . Tendunt ...
Page 69
... Anchises , fieret vento mora ne qua ferenti ; Quem Phoebi interpres multo compellat honore : Conjugio , Anchisa , Veneris dignate superbo , Cura deûm , bis Pergameis erepte ruinis , 475 Ecce tibi Ausoniæ tellus ! hanc adripe velis . Et ...
... Anchises , fieret vento mora ne qua ferenti ; Quem Phoebi interpres multo compellat honore : Conjugio , Anchisa , Veneris dignate superbo , Cura deûm , bis Pergameis erepte ruinis , 475 Ecce tibi Ausoniæ tellus ! hanc adripe velis . Et ...
Page 71
... Anchises magnum cratera coronâ Induit , implevitque mero ; divosque vocavit Stans celsâ in puppi : 525 Dî , maris et terræ tempestatumque potentes , Ferte viam vento facilem , et spirate secundi . Crebrescunt optatæ auræ , portusque ...
... Anchises magnum cratera coronâ Induit , implevitque mero ; divosque vocavit Stans celsâ in puppi : 525 Dî , maris et terræ tempestatumque potentes , Ferte viam vento facilem , et spirate secundi . Crebrescunt optatæ auræ , portusque ...
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Æneas Anchises ancient Apollo āre āri arma armis arms atque ātum belonging body bring called carry circum construction cover daughter death Decline derivation difference Distinguish ĕre Explain expression fall father figure follow freq Give gods govern Greeks hæc hand heaven horse inter ipse īre island Italy Juno Jupiter king land leave littora manus means mihi mountain omnis ōris Parse pater poets present Priam quæ quam quum raise refers river Roman Rome round sacred sense sentence ship side slain speech stand subj Synonyms temple terra thing tibi town Translate Trojan Troy turn Venus verb Virgil wind
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Page 95 - ... infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam? funeris heu tibi causa fui ? per sidera iuro, per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
Page 88 - Spelunca alta fuit vastoque immanis hiatu, Scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris, Quam super haud ullae poterant impune volantes Tendere iter pennis : talis sese halitus atris 240 Faucibus effundens supera ad convexa ferebat ; [Unde locum Graii dixerunt nomine Aornon...
Page 27 - At last, having been before advised by Hector's ghost, and now by the appearance of his mother Venus, he is prevailed upon to leave the town, and settle his household gods in another country. In order to this, he carries off his father on his shoulders, and leads his little son by the hand, his wife following him behind. When he comes to the place appointed for the general rendezvous, he finds a great confluence of people, but misses his wife, whose ghost afterwards appears to him, and tells him...
Page 53 - Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum, Ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, Par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno.
Page 43 - Janua, et emoti procumbunt cardine postes. Fit via vi ; rumpunt aditus, primosque trucidant Immissi Danai, et late loca milite complent. 495 Non sic, aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis Exiit, oppositasque evicit gurgite moles, Fertur in arva furens cumulo, camposque per omnis Cum stabulis armenta trahit.
Page 94 - Quaesitor Minos urnam movet; ille silentum Conciliumque vocat vitasque et crimina discit. Proxima deinde tenent maesti loca, qui sibi letum Insontes peperere manu, lucemque perosi 435 Proiecere animas. Quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc et pauperiem et duros perferre labores ! Fas obstat, tristique palus inamabilis unda Alligat, et noviens Styx interfusa coercet.
Page 105 - Nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur Gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes, Illustres animas nostrumque in nomen ituras, Expediam dictis, et ,te tua fata docebo.
Page 104 - Has omnes, ubi mille rotam volvere per annos, " Lethaeum ad fluvium deus evocat agmine magno, •' Scilicet immemores supera ut convexa revisant, 750 " Rursus et incipiant in corpora velle reverti.
Page 27 - Et quorum pars magna fui. Quis talia fando Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut duri miles Ulixi Temperet a lacrimis ! et iam nox umida caelo Praecipitat, suadentque cadentia sidera somnos.
Page 100 - ... regifico luxu ; Furiarum maxima juxta 605 accubat, et manibus prohibet contingere mensas, exsurgitque facem attollens, atque intonat ore. ' Hie, quibus invisi fratres, dum vita manebat, pulsatusve parens, et fraus innexa clienti, aut qui divitiis soli incubuere repertis...