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... Pompeius ? ) by " removing the statue of that deity from the sacred procession at the next Circensian games . " " It is piquant to learn from the Aeneid that Neptune was blameless of offence . Further , in 39 B.C. Augustus had abandoned ...
... Pompeius ? ) by " removing the statue of that deity from the sacred procession at the next Circensian games . " " It is piquant to learn from the Aeneid that Neptune was blameless of offence . Further , in 39 B.C. Augustus had abandoned ...
Page 90
... Pompeius was of Augustus ; and , as Sextus per- ished ( 36 B.C. ) before Antony ( 30 B.C. ) , so he perishes before Turnus , leaving the arena clear for the final struggle . But in the legends , which Virgil had before him , Mezentius ...
... Pompeius was of Augustus ; and , as Sextus per- ished ( 36 B.C. ) before Antony ( 30 B.C. ) , so he perishes before Turnus , leaving the arena clear for the final struggle . But in the legends , which Virgil had before him , Mezentius ...
Page 91
... Pompeius are now rated at , or even at less than , their true value . But they loomed large before the eyes of Virgil's generation of Romans ; large enough for us to expect that Virgil in his allegory would attempt to find a place for ...
... Pompeius are now rated at , or even at less than , their true value . But they loomed large before the eyes of Virgil's generation of Romans ; large enough for us to expect that Virgil in his allegory would attempt to find a place for ...
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Acestes Achates Actian games Actium Aeneas and Augustus Aeneid VIII Agrippa allegory allusion altar Anchises Ancyr Apollo Appian B.C. Ara Maxima aram auctor August 13 autem B.C. Augustus Baccho Bucolics Cacus Caesar fell ill Carmenta Catiline celebrated character clemency comet contemporary Curia Julia death deus Dido Dio Cass Dio Cassius Dio Cassius 51 divine Donatus emperor epic Evander's fact Forum Boarium Gardthausen Georgics gladiatorial haec Hercules hero ingens interpretation ipse Julius Caesar Juno Juppiter laurel Livia Ludi magno Mark Antony Mezentius mihi Mnestheus namque nouamus Octavian parallelism between Aeneas pater perhaps Pliny poem poet poet's portent Potitius procul quae maxima semper quam quod reader Roman Rome Salii says scene Scribonia senate Servius Sextus Pompeius shield Sicily story Suet Suetonius Suetonius Diu temple Trojan Troy Game Turnus u. s. Zeit uina Venus verse victory Virgil virtues