Six Books of the Æneid [of Virgil.]Eldredge & Brothers, 1882 |
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Page vii
... death . Octavia is said to have been present with the Emperor , when the poet was reciting this allusion to her son , and to have fainted from her emotions . She rewarded the poet munificently . * " The fortunes of a man , who , fleeing ...
... death . Octavia is said to have been present with the Emperor , when the poet was reciting this allusion to her son , and to have fainted from her emotions . She rewarded the poet munificently . * " The fortunes of a man , who , fleeing ...
Page viii
... death , as an inheritance in which every Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books even before the death of Augustus , and have continued such ever since . In the Middle Ages , the belief was prevalent that he had been a ...
... death , as an inheritance in which every Roman had a share ; and his works became school - books even before the death of Augustus , and have continued such ever since . In the Middle Ages , the belief was prevalent that he had been a ...
Page 147
... death , ( as in Greek , Kirat . ) The present tense is used , as the scene is still fresh in memory . Cf. II . 275 , 663 ; III . 3 ; XI . 172. - Hector , eldest son of Priam king of Troy , was the chief hero of the Trojans in their war ...
... death , ( as in Greek , Kirat . ) The present tense is used , as the scene is still fresh in memory . Cf. II . 275 , 663 ; III . 3 ; XI . 172. - Hector , eldest son of Priam king of Troy , was the chief hero of the Trojans in their war ...
Page 153
... alludes to the " conclamatio " at the moment of death , when the nearest relative or friend called upon the deceased by name with the exclamation " ave ! " or " vale ! " Henry goes so far as to suppose that the " conclamatio " BOOK I. 153.
... alludes to the " conclamatio " at the moment of death , when the nearest relative or friend called upon the deceased by name with the exclamation " ave ! " or " vale ! " Henry goes so far as to suppose that the " conclamatio " BOOK I. 153.
Page 162
... to Priam , as the other party , in the death of Hector . B. - Achillem . There is strong MS . authority for this form of the acc . in Virgil , instead of Achilien , as it is usually edited . 459. Jam , i . e . by this time 162 NOTES .
... to Priam , as the other party , in the death of Hector . B. - Achillem . There is strong MS . authority for this form of the acc . in Virgil , instead of Achilien , as it is usually edited . 459. Jam , i . e . by this time 162 NOTES .
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