Aeneid; Books I to III: Partly in the Original and Partly in the English Verse Translation of James RhoadesClarendon Press, 1924 - 157 pages |
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... followed by two short , or a spondee ( -- ) , two long syllables . The fifth foot is normally a dactyl ; an exception will be found in III . 74. The sixth foot is either a spondee or a trochee ( ~~ ) , a long syllable followed by a ...
... followed by two short , or a spondee ( -- ) , two long syllables . The fifth foot is normally a dactyl ; an exception will be found in III . 74. The sixth foot is either a spondee or a trochee ( ~~ ) , a long syllable followed by a ...
Page 76
... followed , in the fleet thou led'st Crossing the swollen deep - even we no less Will lift to heaven thy sons that shall be born , 655 155 Grant empire to thy city . But do thou Found mighty ramparts for the mighty , nor Shirk the long ...
... followed , in the fleet thou led'st Crossing the swollen deep - even we no less Will lift to heaven thy sons that shall be born , 655 155 Grant empire to thy city . But do thou Found mighty ramparts for the mighty , nor Shirk the long ...
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... followed by an acc . of destination without a preposition . The ' Lavinian strand ' is the district of Latium ( Campagna di Roma ) , in which Aeneas founded the town of Lavinium , so named after his Italian bride , Lavinia . fato ...
... followed by an acc . of destination without a preposition . The ' Lavinian strand ' is the district of Latium ( Campagna di Roma ) , in which Aeneas founded the town of Lavinium , so named after his Italian bride , Lavinia . fato ...
Page 101
... followed by Virgil , Ilia , or Rhea Silvia , is the daughter of the last king of Alba . To prevent her marriage , her usurping uncle , Amulius , makes her a Vestal Virgin , but she becomes the mother by Mars of the twins , Romulus and ...
... followed by Virgil , Ilia , or Rhea Silvia , is the daughter of the last king of Alba . To prevent her marriage , her usurping uncle , Amulius , makes her a Vestal Virgin , but she becomes the mother by Mars of the twins , Romulus and ...
Page 109
... followed by some form of repercussion . 53. cavae , ' vaulted ' . 54. non laeva : to be taken not only with mens , but - in a different shade of meaning - with fata deum : e . g . ' sinister . . . blind ' . 55. impulerat . In the ...
... followed by some form of repercussion . 53. cavae , ' vaulted ' . 54. non laeva : to be taken not only with mens , but - in a different shade of meaning - with fata deum : e . g . ' sinister . . . blind ' . 55. impulerat . In the ...
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Page 21 - Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Lavinaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem lunonis ob iram, multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae.
Page 23 - Haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus : ac venti, velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant.
Page 54 - Tempus erat, quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.
Page 71 - Haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa volentem 790 dicere deseruit, tenuisque recessit in auras. Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum : ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago, par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno.
Page 54 - O lux Dardaniae, spes o fidissima Teucrum, ' Quae tantae tenuere morae ? quibus Hector ab oris ' Exspectate venis ? ut te post multa tuorum ' Funera, post varios hominumque urbisque labores ' Defessi aspicimus ! quae causa indigna serenos 285 'Foedavit voltus? aut cur haec volnera cerno?' Ille nihil ; nee me quaerentem vana moratur : Sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu ! fuge, nate dea, teque his, ' ait,
Page 90 - Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Page 57 - Juvenes, fortissima frustra pectora, si vobis audentem extrema cupido certa sequi, quae sit rebus fortuna videtis : 350 excessere omnes, adytis arisque relictis, di, quibus imperium hoc steterat ; succurritis urbi incensae ; moriamur et in media arma ruamus. una salus victis, nullam sperare salutem.
Page 35 - inquit ' Achate, quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris ? 460 En Priamus ! Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi ; sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. Solve metus ; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem.
Page 26 - Libyae vertuntur ad oras. est in secessu longo locus: insula portum efficit obiectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto 160 frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
Page 36 - Tydides multa vastabat caede cruentus, ardentisque avertit equos in castra, prius quam pabula gustassent Troiae Xanthumque bibissent, Parte alia fugiens amissis Troi'lus armis, infelix puer atque impar congressus Achilli...