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... with the metaphor in conceptos . ... 568ff . This speech may be compared with that of Palinurus in similar circumstances ( Virgil , Aeneid 5.13-25 , Appendix passage ยท i below ) . 568-570 trepidae : transferred epithet ; 39.
... with the metaphor in conceptos . ... 568ff . This speech may be compared with that of Palinurus in similar circumstances ( Virgil , Aeneid 5.13-25 , Appendix passage ยท i below ) . 568-570 trepidae : transferred epithet ; 39.
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... compared with the aether , our terrestrial day is ' , or ' he saw under how huge an abyss of nocturnal phenomena ( i.e. stars , cf. 11 , 12 , 13 ) Our ter- restrial day takes place ' . The former is more probable ; the ascending spirit ...
... compared with the aether , our terrestrial day is ' , or ' he saw under how huge an abyss of nocturnal phenomena ( i.e. stars , cf. 11 , 12 , 13 ) Our ter- restrial day takes place ' . The former is more probable ; the ascending spirit ...
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... compared and contrasted with that in Silius Italicus ( 7.282-307 - passage 18 below ) . Sources for the scene , unlike those for the storm , are more difficult to trace ; the subject had hardly become a well- developed topos . But the ...
... compared and contrasted with that in Silius Italicus ( 7.282-307 - passage 18 below ) . Sources for the scene , unlike those for the storm , are more difficult to trace ; the subject had hardly become a well- developed topos . But the ...
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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