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... described in lines which should be compared with those of Virgil on the prodigies at the time of Caesar's assassination ( Georgics 1.463-492 Appendix passage d below ; cf. Ovid , Metamorphoses 15.779-802 ; Tibullus 2.5.71-78 ) ...
... described in lines which should be compared with those of Virgil on the prodigies at the time of Caesar's assassination ( Georgics 1.463-492 Appendix passage d below ; cf. Ovid , Metamorphoses 15.779-802 ; Tibullus 2.5.71-78 ) ...
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... described in more detail , 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 ...
... described in more detail , 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 ...
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... described in detail ( 87-117 ) ; she rouses him to cause the army inside Thebes to fall asleep and relax their guard ( 118-136 ) ; he does so in this extract which recalls those beautiful lines of Virgil ( Aeneid 4.522-528 see Appendix ...
... described in detail ( 87-117 ) ; she rouses him to cause the army inside Thebes to fall asleep and relax their guard ( 118-136 ) ; he does so in this extract which recalls those beautiful lines of Virgil ( Aeneid 4.522-528 see Appendix ...
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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