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... stars which remain fixed in the summit of the sky seemed to be shaken ' . Shooting stars and comets portended war ( cf. Lucan 1.527ff . , passage 2 above ; and perhaps Virgil , Aeneid 5.519ff . ) . The ' s alliteration in these lines ...
... stars which remain fixed in the summit of the sky seemed to be shaken ' . Shooting stars and comets portended war ( cf. Lucan 1.527ff . , passage 2 above ; and perhaps Virgil , Aeneid 5.519ff . ) . The ' s alliteration in these lines ...
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... stars of heaven ' ; polus is the ' pole of the earth ; the sky , the heavens ' ; the plural is poetic . vidit quanta sub nocte iaceret / nostra dies : the meaning could either be ' he saw how dark , compared with the aether , our ...
... stars of heaven ' ; polus is the ' pole of the earth ; the sky , the heavens ' ; the plural is poetic . vidit quanta sub nocte iaceret / nostra dies : the meaning could either be ' he saw how dark , compared with the aether , our ...
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... stars ' or by the position of the stars ' . Uranie : the Muse of heavenly lore logy ' . - hence ' the teacher of astro- - 551-553 pugnasque virosque : cf. Virgil , Aeneid 1.1 arma virumque ( of his epic subject matter ) . amissum ...
... stars ' or by the position of the stars ' . Uranie : the Muse of heavenly lore logy ' . - hence ' the teacher of astro- - 551-553 pugnasque virosque : cf. Virgil , Aeneid 1.1 arma virumque ( of his epic subject matter ) . amissum ...
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