The last six books of the Æneid, and the GeorgicsGinn, 1897 |
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... famous enchantress Circe , visited by Ulysses ; cf. iii . 386 . Her proper dwelling - place was the mythical island of Æa , off Colchis , in the Black Sea ; cf. Od . x . 135. — raduntur , keep the emphasis in English by changing the ...
... famous enchantress Circe , visited by Ulysses ; cf. iii . 386 . Her proper dwelling - place was the mythical island of Æa , off Colchis , in the Black Sea ; cf. Od . x . 135. — raduntur , keep the emphasis in English by changing the ...
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... famous battle of the Centaurs and Lapitha . 306. Calydona : a similar indiscretion of the king of Calydon , a city of Ætolia , brought upon it the ravages of the Calydonian boar through the wrath of Diana . 307. scelus , object of ...
... famous battle of the Centaurs and Lapitha . 306. Calydona : a similar indiscretion of the king of Calydon , a city of Ætolia , brought upon it the ravages of the Calydonian boar through the wrath of Diana . 307. scelus , object of ...
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... famous for its fertility , but the name is probably borrowed from some Greek poet . 723. Agamemnonius : he was the charioteer of Agamemnon , and fled to Italy after the death of his chief . He is usually associated with Falerii . 726 ...
... famous for its fertility , but the name is probably borrowed from some Greek poet . 723. Agamemnonius : he was the charioteer of Agamemnon , and fled to Italy after the death of his chief . He is usually associated with Falerii . 726 ...
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... famous name . The words undoubt- edly imply a supposed connection between the name of the city ( Alba ) and the white sow , though there is in fact no etymological affinity . 51. Arcades : the story was that Evander came from Arcadia ...
... famous name . The words undoubt- edly imply a supposed connection between the name of the city ( Alba ) and the white sow , though there is in fact no etymological affinity . 51. Arcades : the story was that Evander came from Arcadia ...
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... famous history . Fig . 125 . 475. tibi ( depending on iungere ) , but in your case , i.e. in general we are weak as allies , but at this moment I can do you a service less directly . — regnis , power , properly separate cities and the ...
... famous history . Fig . 125 . 475. tibi ( depending on iungere ) , but in your case , i.e. in general we are weak as allies , but at this moment I can do you a service less directly . — regnis , power , properly separate cities and the ...
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acies Aeneas aequore aestas agmina alta altis alto ancient animis Apollo Ardea arma armis arva Ascanius auras auro Baccho Bacchus bello caelo caelum called Circe circum city common coniunx construction corpora course Cybele death deus dextra different ensem Etruria famous Fauni ferro ferrum first flumina form great Greek haud hence Hercules hinc Iamque idea ille ingens interea Iovis Italy Iuno Iuppiter kind king Latinus Latio Latium Lavinia litora made make manu mentioned Messapus Mezentius mihi moenia muros name neque nequiquam note nunc omnibus omnis opposed Pallas pater pectore perhaps poet preceding probably proelia pugnae referring river Rutuli same sanguine sanguis see Fig seems sense sese sidera sine siqua subject super supply supposed taken Tarchon tecta tela tellus Teucros tibi time Trojans Turni Turno Turnus urbem used Venus verse vertice Virgil volnere Volsci Vulcan whole word
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Page 195 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas, et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 142 - Hic Venus, indigno nati concussa dolore, dictamnum genetrix Cretaea carpit ab Ida, puberibus caulem foliis et flore comantem purpureo ; non illa feris incognita capris gramina, cum tergo volucres haesere sagittae...
Page 40 - Hanc multos florentem annos rex deinde superbo imperio et saevis tenuit Mezentius armis. Quid memorem infandas caedes, quid facta tyranni effera? di capiti ipsius generique reservent! Mortua quin etiam iungebat corpora vivis 485 componens manibusque manus atque oribus ora, tormenti genus, et sanie taboque fluentes complexu in misero longa sic morte necabat.
Page 193 - Lenaee, vocat pecorisque magistris velocis iaculi certamina ponit in ulmo, 530 corporaque agresti nudant praedura palaestrae. hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
Page 37 - Talibus inter se dictis ad tecta subibant pauperis Euandri passimque armenta videbant 360 Romanoque foro et lautis mugire Carinis. Ut ventum ad sedes : ' Haec,' inquit, ' limina victor Alcides subiit, haec illum regia cepit. Aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoque dignum finge deo rebusque veni non asper egenis.
Page 154 - Troia.' olli subridens hominum rerumque repertor : es germana Iovis Saturnique altera proles : 830 irarum tantos volvis sub pectore fluctus. verum age et inceptum frustra submitte furorem : do quod vis, et me victusque volensque remitto. sermonem Ausonii patrium moresque tenebunt, utque est nomen erit ; commixti corpore tantum subsident Teucri ; morem ritusque sacrorum adiciam faciamque omnes uno ore Latinos.
Page 223 - Caicus, 370 et gemina auratus taurino cornua vultu Eridanus, quo non alius per pinguia culta in mare purpureum violentior effluit amnis. postquam est in thalami pendentia pumice tecta perventum et nati fletus cognovit...
Page 215 - Atque equidem, extremo ni iam sub fine laborum vela traham et terris festinem advertere proram, forsitan et pinguis hortos quae cura colendi ornaret canerem...
Page 24 - ... aequore campi exercebat equos curruque in bella ruebat. Ipse inter primos praestanti corpore Turnus vertitur arma tenens, et toto vertice supra est. cui triplici crinita iuba galea alta Chimaeram 785 sustinet, Aetnaeos efflantem faucibus ignis : tam magis ilia fremens et tristibus effera flammis, quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae.
Page 169 - Idcirco certis dimensum partibus orbem per duodena regit mundi sol aureus astra. quinque tenent caelum zonae: quarum una corusco semper sole rubens et torrida semper ab igni...