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... Roman grammarians , and partly on the critical study of monu- mental and numismatic inscriptions and the best existing manu- scripts . In former investigations of this kind too much weight was given to the manuscripts , none of which ...
... Roman grammarians , and partly on the critical study of monu- mental and numismatic inscriptions and the best existing manu- scripts . In former investigations of this kind too much weight was given to the manuscripts , none of which ...
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... Roman citizen . Hence , at the age when aspiring young Romans usually entered upon the stirring scenes of political and military life , he withdrew from Rome to his native Andes , with the intention of devoting himself to agriculture ...
... Roman citizen . Hence , at the age when aspiring young Romans usually entered upon the stirring scenes of political and military life , he withdrew from Rome to his native Andes , with the intention of devoting himself to agriculture ...
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... Romans . Among these , be- sides his early and fast friend Pollio , were Octavian , Maecenas , Varius , Horace , and Propertius . These and all other educated Romans of the day regarded Vergil as already superior in many respects to any ...
... Romans . Among these , be- sides his early and fast friend Pollio , were Octavian , Maecenas , Varius , Horace , and Propertius . These and all other educated Romans of the day regarded Vergil as already superior in many respects to any ...
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... Romans , if possible , to the religious virtues of their progeni- tors . He chose for his theme the fortunes of Aeneas , the fabled founder of the Julian family ; and , hence , called his epic the Aeneid , which he divided into twelve ...
... Romans , if possible , to the religious virtues of their progeni- tors . He chose for his theme the fortunes of Aeneas , the fabled founder of the Julian family ; and , hence , called his epic the Aeneid , which he divided into twelve ...
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... Roman mind , and as one of the choicest productions of all literature . There are fashions in criticism as well as in other things ; not , indeed , so changeful and transitory as those of dress , but fashions nevertheless ; and of late ...
... Roman mind , and as one of the choicest productions of all literature . There are fashions in criticism as well as in other things ; not , indeed , so changeful and transitory as those of dress , but fashions nevertheless ; and of late ...
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Page xxviii - Aspice, venture laetantur ut omnia saeclo. 0 mini tarn longae maneat pars ultima vitae, Spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta. Non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 Nee Linus ; huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page xxxvi - Tu mihi, seu magni superas iam saxa Timavi, sive oram Illyrici legis aequoris (en erit umquam ille dies, mihi cum liceat tua dicere facta? en erit ut liceat totum mihi ferre per orbem sola Sophocleo tua carmina digna cothurno?
Page xxi - At nos hinc alii sitientis ibimus Afros pars Scythiam et rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxen et penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos. en umquam patrios longo post tempore finis pauperis et tuguri congestum caespite culmen post aliquot mea regna videns mirabor aristas?
Page 88 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda.
Page 54 - infandum, regina, iubes renovare dolorem, Troianas ut opes et lamentabile regnum eruerint Danai, quaeque ipse miserrima vidi, 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.