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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... 316. Ne dubita . Would the subj . suit here ? 317. What person is referred to by conjuge ? 321. Priameïa virgo . Which of the daughters of Priam is meant ? Hostilem ad tumulum Trojæ sub moenibus altis Jussa mori , 64 ENEIDOS IM .
... 316. Ne dubita . Would the subj . suit here ? 317. What person is referred to by conjuge ? 321. Priameïa virgo . Which of the daughters of Priam is meant ? Hostilem ad tumulum Trojæ sub moenibus altis Jussa mori , 64 ENEIDOS IM .
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... daughter of Jupi- ter and Mnemosyne . Virgil , in imitation of Homer at the commencement of his two great poems , invokes the Muse . Quo numine læso- " What god being injured " - " what deity had he injured . " Numer , Anis ( from nuo ) ...
... daughter of Jupi- ter and Mnemosyne . Virgil , in imitation of Homer at the commencement of his two great poems , invokes the Muse . Quo numine læso- " What god being injured " - " what deity had he injured . " Numer , Anis ( from nuo ) ...
Page 111
... daughter of Atlas . All the illegitimate children of Jupiter were the special objects of Juno's bitter resentment . 29. Accensa super his- " Exasperated at these things , " viz . , the decision of Paris , the amour of Jupiter with ...
... daughter of Atlas . All the illegitimate children of Jupiter were the special objects of Juno's bitter resentment . 29. Accensa super his- " Exasperated at these things , " viz . , the decision of Paris , the amour of Jupiter with ...
Page 112
... daughter of Priam , in the temple of Pallas ; for which conduct he was shipwrecked and struck by lightning , on Caphareus , a promontory in Euboea . 41. Furias - The vehement passions which instigate to acts of guilt . The three Furies ...
... daughter of Priam , in the temple of Pallas ; for which conduct he was shipwrecked and struck by lightning , on Caphareus , a promontory in Euboea . 41. Furias - The vehement passions which instigate to acts of guilt . The three Furies ...
Page 114
... daughter of Nereus and Doris . Triton , a power- ful sea deity , son of Neptune and Amphitrite , whose body represented half a man and half a fish . Adnixus ( navibus ) refers to Cymothoë and Triton , but follows the gender of Triton ...
... daughter of Nereus and Doris . Triton , a power- ful sea deity , son of Neptune and Amphitrite , whose body represented half a man and half a fish . Adnixus ( navibus ) refers to Cymothoë and Triton , but follows the gender of Triton ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid æquor Anchises ancient Apollo āre āri arma Ascanius atque atum ātus āvi Cæsar called circum cœlum conj conjunx Creüsa ctum Danaûm Dardanus dative daughter deûm Dido Distinguish Eneas ĕre ĕris fata figure of speech freq genus Give the construction Give the derivation Give the synonymes gods Greeks hæc Hector Hinc incep ingens inis inter ipse īre Italiam Italy ĭtum īvi Juno Jupiter king Laomedon Latium limina littora magna manus mihi Misenus moenia multa neque numine nunc omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Palæstra Parse Parse and derive pater Phrygia pœnas prep Priam primum procul quæ quam quis quum river Roman sacred Sicily slain subj super talia temple terra tibi Translate Trojan Trojan war Troy unda urbem urbis Venus verb Virgil word zeugma
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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...