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... terrae , spem pelagi sacrosque iterum seponite fluctus . ' haec iterant segni flentes occumbere leto . magnanimus spectat pharetras et inutile robur Amphitryoniades ; miscent suprema paventes verba alii iunguntque manus atque ora ...
... terrae , spem pelagi sacrosque iterum seponite fluctus . ' haec iterant segni flentes occumbere leto . magnanimus spectat pharetras et inutile robur Amphitryoniades ; miscent suprema paventes verba alii iunguntque manus atque ora ...
Page 45
... terrae : a bold use - more ( iterum ) ' , i.e. return to their former state of innocence and simplicity . 633 iterant : ' repeat ' . segni ... leto : ' ( weeping that they are to meet ) a dullard's death ' ; cf. Lucan 9.849 - segnia ...
... terrae : a bold use - more ( iterum ) ' , i.e. return to their former state of innocence and simplicity . 633 iterant : ' repeat ' . segni ... leto : ' ( weeping that they are to meet ) a dullard's death ' ; cf. Lucan 9.849 - segnia ...
Page 84
... terrae graviora manent ) , in regna Lavini Dardanidae venient ( mitte hanc de pectore curam ) , sed non et venisse volent . bella , horrida bella , et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno . non Simois tibi nec Xanthus nec Dorica ...
... terrae graviora manent ) , in regna Lavini Dardanidae venient ( mitte hanc de pectore curam ) , sed non et venisse volent . bella , horrida bella , et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno . non Simois tibi nec Xanthus nec Dorica ...
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