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... Aeneas and his son Ascanius or Iulus ; in Aeneas ' mother Venus they worshipped the divine ancestress of the family . Augustus could , therefore , be connected with the Aeneas legend ; and , though generations of annalists had already ...
... Aeneas and his son Ascanius or Iulus ; in Aeneas ' mother Venus they worshipped the divine ancestress of the family . Augustus could , therefore , be connected with the Aeneas legend ; and , though generations of annalists had already ...
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... Aeneas of the early history of Latium and the Golden Age under Saturnus , and conducts him on a tour of his little city , pointing out places destined to be famous in Roman history . Virgil certainly commends to his Augustan ...
... Aeneas of the early history of Latium and the Golden Age under Saturnus , and conducts him on a tour of his little city , pointing out places destined to be famous in Roman history . Virgil certainly commends to his Augustan ...
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... Aeneas ; Aeneas and Iulus ( Ascanius ) ; Evander and Pallas . - 786-793 faciles sternit procursibus herbas : ' crushes the soft grass as he crawls forward ' . lactis egeno / for milk . ... plangore : i.e. his cry expresses his need ...
... Aeneas ; Aeneas and Iulus ( Ascanius ) ; Evander and Pallas . - 786-793 faciles sternit procursibus herbas : ' crushes the soft grass as he crawls forward ' . lactis egeno / for milk . ... plangore : i.e. his cry expresses his need ...
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Achilles adjective Aeetes Aeneas Aeneid aequora aether amor Amyclas Apollo Apollonius Appendix passage Argonautica Argonauts arma atque battle bella Book caeli caelo Caesar caput Carmentis cedetur chariot Classical Colchis cura dative death Delphic deum deus divine Dorceu Ennius etiam Fama fata fera fluctus Fortuna funeral Georgics gods Greek haec haud heaven Homer iamque Iliad inter ipsa ipse Jason Latin epic latus litora Lucan manu Medea medio Metamorphoses metus mihi moralising Nero nubila nunc omni orbe Ovid pectore Phrixus poem poet's poetic poetry Pompey Pompey's prophetess pyre quae quam quis quoque Roman Rome scene Scipio Seneca Sextus Pompeius sidera siege of Massilia Silius Italicus Silvae Silver Age Silver epic poets Silver Latin similes Statius storm subitus tamen tantum terrae Thebaid tibi umbra unda underworld Valerius Flaccus Virgil Virgil Aeneid Virgilian viro virum volucres vultus younger Seneca