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... Fama ( 12.39-63 ) . Valerius ( 2.116-122 ) includes a des- cription of Fama which looks back to that of Virgil ( Aeneid 4.173-188 ) and owes nothing to Ovid ; and Statius , dutifully following Virgil , introduces Fama ( 6.552-554 ) and ...
... Fama ( 12.39-63 ) . Valerius ( 2.116-122 ) includes a des- cription of Fama which looks back to that of Virgil ( Aeneid 4.173-188 ) and owes nothing to Ovid ; and Statius , dutifully following Virgil , introduces Fama ( 6.552-554 ) and ...
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... Fama . For such personifications , see Introduction ยง26 ; Statius was particularly fond of them . Fama had been described by Virgil ( Aeneid 4.173-188 - * Appendix passage c below ) but in a rather different context spreading the news ...
... Fama . For such personifications , see Introduction ยง26 ; Statius was particularly fond of them . Fama had been described by Virgil ( Aeneid 4.173-188 - * Appendix passage c below ) but in a rather different context spreading the news ...
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... Fama per urbes , Fama , malum qua non aliud velocius ullum : mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo , parva metu primo , mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit . illam Terra parens ira inritata ...
... Fama per urbes , Fama , malum qua non aliud velocius ullum : mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo , parva metu primo , mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit . illam Terra parens ira inritata ...
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