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... hence are called BUCOLICS . They were published under the title of ECLOGUES ( εKhoyaí , selections ) . In form they are chiefly imitations , often transla- tions , of the IDYLs ( ɛiðúλñía , or picture poems ) of Theocritus and the other ...
... hence are called BUCOLICS . They were published under the title of ECLOGUES ( εKhoyaí , selections ) . In form they are chiefly imitations , often transla- tions , of the IDYLs ( ɛiðúλñía , or picture poems ) of Theocritus and the other ...
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... hence the title sometimes given to it of Pharma- ceutria , " The Sorceress . " It is supposed to have been written in B.C. 39 , and is inscribed to Pollio , whose military exploits are alluded to in vs. 6–13 . DAMON . ALPHESIBUS ...
... hence the title sometimes given to it of Pharma- ceutria , " The Sorceress . " It is supposed to have been written in B.C. 39 , and is inscribed to Pollio , whose military exploits are alluded to in vs. 6–13 . DAMON . ALPHESIBUS ...
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... Hence the famous ten years ' siege , and the de- struction of the sacred city . - About the tale of Troy had gathered a vast body of legendary adventure , contained in the " Cyclic Poets , " the festal Odes , the Attic Tragedies , and ...
... Hence the famous ten years ' siege , and the de- struction of the sacred city . - About the tale of Troy had gathered a vast body of legendary adventure , contained in the " Cyclic Poets , " the festal Odes , the Attic Tragedies , and ...
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... Hence all poetry written in it has more or less an artificial character , and requires a conventional poetic diction . The rules of the metre exclude very many words : all words , for example , in which a single short syllable comes ...
... Hence all poetry written in it has more or less an artificial character , and requires a conventional poetic diction . The rules of the metre exclude very many words : all words , for example , in which a single short syllable comes ...
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... ( hence the plant Syringa , and syringe ) . The hollow reed has given its name to the vibrating tongue of wood or metal which takes its place in modern instruments . One cannot help feeling that the idea of the humble nature of pastoral ...
... ( hence the plant Syringa , and syringe ) . The hollow reed has given its name to the vibrating tongue of wood or metal which takes its place in modern instruments . One cannot help feeling that the idea of the humble nature of pastoral ...
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adeo Aeneas Æneid aequor aethere alta amor Anchises ancient animi animo Apollo arma atque auras caelo caestus cæsura carmina circum Creüsa cura cursu Daphnis dative deinde dextra dictis Dido divine divom ECLOGUE equidem erat etiam fama fata fluctus gods Greek haec haud Helenus hence hendiadys hinc hunc Iamque illa ille infelix ingens inter Iollas ipsa ipse Italiam Iuppiter Latin limina litora locative magna magno manus means mihi Mnestheus moenia multa namque neque numine nunc omnes omnia omnis Ovid Pasiphaë pater pectore pelago poet Priam primum procul quae quam quibus quid quis quod quondam quoque referring rites Roman sidera super talia tamen tantum terga terras Teucri Theocritus tibi Troia Trojans Troy ultro umbra umbris undas urbe urbem ventis Venus verb verse Virgil virum word
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Page vii - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 171 - Respicit Aeneas subito et sub rupe sinistra moenia lata videt, triplici circumdata muro, quae rapidus flammis ambit torrentibus amnis, 550 Tartareus Phlegethon, torquetque sonantia saxa.
Page 164 - Hue omnis turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, 305 matres atque viri, defunctaque corpora vita magnanimum heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae, impositique rogis iuvenes ante ora parentum...
Page 178 - Hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, 'Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet 'Saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva
Page 69 - Phoebique sacerdos, sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem 320 ipse trahit, cursuque amens ad limina tendit. ' quo res summa loco, Panthu ? quam prendimus arcem ? ' vix ea fatus eram, gemitu cum talia reddit : ' venit summa dies et ineluctabile tempus Dardaniae. fuimus Troes, fuit Ilium et ingens gloria Teucrorum. ferus omnia Iuppiter Argos transtulit : incensa Danai dominantur in urbe.
Page 163 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna: quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 125 - Accipite hanc animam, meque his exsolvite curis. 'Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum fortuna, peregi; ' Et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. ' Urbem praeclaram statui ; mea moenia vidi : 65 5 ' Ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi : ' Felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum ' Numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae ! ' Dixit : et os impressa toro, ' Moriemur inultae, 'Sed moriamur,
Page 115 - Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor ? Mene fugis ? Per ego has lacrimas dextramque tuam te — Quando aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa reliqui — Per connubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos, Si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam Dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam, Oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem.
Page 54 - Quae te tam laeta tulerunt 605 saecula ? qui tanti talem genuere parentes ? in freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet, semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt, quae me cumque vocant terrae.
Page 26 - Sic cytiso pastae distendant ubera vaccae, Incipe, si quid habes. Et me fecere poetam Pierides ; sunt et mihi carmina ; me quoque dicunt Vatem pastores ; sed non ego credulus illis. Nam neque adhuc Vario videor, nee dicere Cinna 35 Digna, sed argutos inter strepere anser olores.