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... army is massacred on the banks of Lake Trasimene the god of the lake fears that his waters may putrefy . For the rivers , the balance of nature is disturbed by the ob- struction of their courses , which prevents the water running freely ...
... army is massacred on the banks of Lake Trasimene the god of the lake fears that his waters may putrefy . For the rivers , the balance of nature is disturbed by the ob- struction of their courses , which prevents the water running freely ...
Page 93
... army at gregis illapsu fremebundus territus atras expavit moles Rhodanus stagnisque refusis torsit harenoso minitantia murmura fundo . - The flood stagnis refusis is one of the most appropriate expres- sions of the anger of the river ...
... army at gregis illapsu fremebundus territus atras expavit moles Rhodanus stagnisque refusis torsit harenoso minitantia murmura fundo . - The flood stagnis refusis is one of the most appropriate expres- sions of the anger of the river ...
Page 94
... army's march through Gaul : et tunc , imbre recens fuso , correpta sub armis corpora multa virum spumanti vertice torquens immersit fundo laceris deformia membris ( 474-476 ) . The image of the swollen Druentia sucking the corpses of ...
... army's march through Gaul : et tunc , imbre recens fuso , correpta sub armis corpora multa virum spumanti vertice torquens immersit fundo laceris deformia membris ( 474-476 ) . The image of the swollen Druentia sucking the corpses of ...
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Aeneas Aeneid Alps amnem amnis Anna and Hannibal Anna Perenna Anna's antiquarian antithesis aquas archaeology army atque battle battle of Cannae Battus bellum Cannae Carthage Carthaginian causa cult cursu defeat dextra Dido Didone divinities elements Ennius ensem epic epigraph episode epos Eridanus fact Fasti Flavian poet germana goddess gurgite haec Hannibal Hannibal's hero Homeric hostility hydronym illa inter Iuno Juno Latin Latium Lavinium lines linked literary litora mache parapotamios magna mihi motif multa myth narrative nature Nevius Numicius numina nunc nymph Ofanto Ovid Ovid's poem Punica quae quam quid reader regarding rerum ripas river Roma Roman Rome and Carthage sanguine scene Scipio Second Punic Second Punic War Seneca's Silio Silius Italicus sister sororis stagna story styleme takes tellus terque terra theme tibi tradition Trebia Trojan unda undis Virgil virum visa waters writer καὶ
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Classical Constructions: Papers in Memory of Don Fowler, Classicist and ... S. J. Heyworth No preview available - 2007 |
Flavian Poetry Ruurd R. Nauta,Harm-Jan van Dam,Johannes Jacobus Louis Smolenaars No preview available - 2006 |