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... story further goes that Pollio , charmed with the poem , made a gift of the slave to the author ; and that the slave , being carefully edu- cated , became a celebrated grammarian under his real name Alexander . This story , though not ...
... story further goes that Pollio , charmed with the poem , made a gift of the slave to the author ; and that the slave , being carefully edu- cated , became a celebrated grammarian under his real name Alexander . This story , though not ...
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... story of this cru- elty , in a dialogue with a neighboring shepherd , Lycidas . Menalcas , who is here referred to as an adept in song , is Virgil himself . The quota- tions of verse interspersed are mostly free translations of passages ...
... story of this cru- elty , in a dialogue with a neighboring shepherd , Lycidas . Menalcas , who is here referred to as an adept in song , is Virgil himself . The quota- tions of verse interspersed are mostly free translations of passages ...
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... story of the capture of Troy by the stratagem of the wooden horse , and the fate of several others of the Grecian chiefs beside Ulysses . Among the various and conflicting traditions , there was a story that Æneas , after escaping from ...
... story of the capture of Troy by the stratagem of the wooden horse , and the fate of several others of the Grecian chiefs beside Ulysses . Among the various and conflicting traditions , there was a story that Æneas , after escaping from ...
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... story of the Trojan war ; and at length ( still unseen ) beholds Queen Dido , attended by some of his own companions whom he thought lost , who come as envoys from the scattered ships ( 418–519 ) . The appeal of the shipwrecked men ...
... story of the Trojan war ; and at length ( still unseen ) beholds Queen Dido , attended by some of his own companions whom he thought lost , who come as envoys from the scattered ships ( 418–519 ) . The appeal of the shipwrecked men ...
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... ' O Regina , novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem 505 510 515 520 492 exertae . R. 505 e test . R. 513 percussus . R. iustitiaque dedit gentis frenare superbas , Troes te miseri , I. 522. ] 51 The Pictured Story of Troy .
... ' O Regina , novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem 505 510 515 520 492 exertae . R. 505 e test . R. 513 percussus . R. iustitiaque dedit gentis frenare superbas , Troes te miseri , I. 522. ] 51 The Pictured Story of Troy .
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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.