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Page 40
... perhaps alludes to two Homeric phrases . imposito calamo : cf. Il . viii . 324 Oîke d ' éπì vevpn , more clearly imitated at 381 . patulos sinuaverat arcus : perhaps modelled on Iliad v . 97 ἐτιταίνετο καμπύλα τόξα . 31. Ovid may have a ...
... perhaps alludes to two Homeric phrases . imposito calamo : cf. Il . viii . 324 Oîke d ' éπì vevpn , more clearly imitated at 381 . patulos sinuaverat arcus : perhaps modelled on Iliad v . 97 ἐτιταίνετο καμπύλα τόξα . 31. Ovid may have a ...
Page 57
... perhaps read by Planudes ( μεταξὺ τοῦ ̓Εγγόνασιν καὶ τοῦ Βοώτου ) . The idea of con- stellations gazing at one another is common ( e.g. Cicero , Aratea fr . 23. 2 Buescu ) , and Bootes might be imagined with his head turned towards the ...
... perhaps read by Planudes ( μεταξὺ τοῦ ̓Εγγόνασιν καὶ τοῦ Βοώτου ) . The idea of con- stellations gazing at one another is common ( e.g. Cicero , Aratea fr . 23. 2 Buescu ) , and Bootes might be imagined with his head turned towards the ...
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... perhaps employed as an affecta- tion of simplicity . Thus Call . hymn 4. 84–5 vúμþai μèv xaípovow Ŏte δρύας ὄμβρος ἀέξει , | νύμφαι δ ̓ αὖ κλαίουσιν ὅτε δρυσὶ μηκέτι φύλλα , Theocritus II . 22-3 φοιτῇς δ ̓ αὖθ ̓ οὕτως ὅκκα γλυκὺς ὕπνος ...
... perhaps employed as an affecta- tion of simplicity . Thus Call . hymn 4. 84–5 vúμþai μèv xaípovow Ŏte δρύας ὄμβρος ἀέξει , | νύμφαι δ ̓ αὖ κλαίουσιν ὅτε δρυσὶ μηκέτι φύλλα , Theocritus II . 22-3 φοιτῇς δ ̓ αὖθ ̓ οὕτως ὅκκα γλυκὺς ὕπνος ...
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12th cent Accius Achelous Aetia Althaea ambo Amores Ancaeus Apollodorus Baucis and Philemon boar Boeo Brooks Otis Burman Callimachus Calydonian Catullus Catullus 64 Cicero Ciris Compare corpora Crete Daedalus dixit Ennius episode epithet erat Erysicthon esset Euripides Fairy's Revenge Fasti folk-tale fragment Georgics Greek Hecale Heinsius Hellenistic Hermes heroes Heroides Hesiod Heteroeumena Homer Horace hunc Hunger Hyginus hymn Icarus illa ipse Latin legend Lelex Magnus manus manuscript Medea medio Megara Meleager Meleager's Mestra Metamorphoses mihi Minos modo neoteric Nicander Nisus Nonnus nunc Oeneus Ovid Ovid's Ovidian Parthenius pater Pausanias Perdix perhaps phrase Plan poem poetry probably Propertius pseudo-Hesiod quae quam quod quoque Roman saepe sanguine Scylla Silius simile story sunt tamen terra Theseus tibi tradition transformation Tristia undas unus variant verb viii Virgil word Zeus δὲ ἐν καὶ μὲν τε τὸν