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Page xiii
... Aeneas , so that the whole work constitutes a Roman Odyssey and Iliad in one . Book I. relates how Aeneas , a Trojan prince , son of Venus and Anchises , while sailing with his fleet from Sicily , encounters a storm stirred up by Aeolus ...
... Aeneas , so that the whole work constitutes a Roman Odyssey and Iliad in one . Book I. relates how Aeneas , a Trojan prince , son of Venus and Anchises , while sailing with his fleet from Sicily , encounters a storm stirred up by Aeolus ...
Page xiv
... Aeneas relates1 the storm and sack of Troy and his own escape , along with his father Anchises and his son Ascanius.2 In Book III . the narrative is continued , and Aeneas describes how , in pursuit of that ' Western Land ' ( Hesperia ) ...
... Aeneas relates1 the storm and sack of Troy and his own escape , along with his father Anchises and his son Ascanius.2 In Book III . the narrative is continued , and Aeneas describes how , in pursuit of that ' Western Land ' ( Hesperia ) ...
Page xv
... Aeneas returns safely to the upper air . Books VII . - XII . describe how Aeneas allied himself with Latinus , king of the Latins , and received the promise of the hand of his daughter Lavinia , and how Turnus , king of the Rutuli , a ...
... Aeneas returns safely to the upper air . Books VII . - XII . describe how Aeneas allied himself with Latinus , king of the Latins , and received the promise of the hand of his daughter Lavinia , and how Turnus , king of the Rutuli , a ...
Page xvii
... Aeneas is how he introduces himself , 1 and all through he goes about with that painful adjective ostentatiously ... Aeneas and the queen is a masterpiece . To an appeal which would move a stone Aeneas replies with the cold and formal ...
... Aeneas is how he introduces himself , 1 and all through he goes about with that painful adjective ostentatiously ... Aeneas and the queen is a masterpiece . To an appeal which would move a stone Aeneas replies with the cold and formal ...
Page 98
... Aeneas collectis navibus omni ex numero subit ; ac magno telluris amore egressi optata potiuntur Troes hareną et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt . ac primum silici scintillam excudit Achates succepitque ignem foliis atque arida ...
... Aeneas collectis navibus omni ex numero subit ; ac magno telluris amore egressi optata potiuntur Troes hareną et sale tabentes artus in litore ponunt . ac primum silici scintillam excudit Achates succepitque ignem foliis atque arida ...
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Achates acies Aeneas AENEIDOS aequora aestas agmina alta altis alto amor animis Apollo aras Ardea arma armenta armis arva Ascanius aspera auras auro Baccho bella bello caeli caelo caelum caput carmina circum clamore coniunx corpora cursu dedit deum deus dextra dictis Dido divom ecce ensem equos fama fata fatur ferro flumina fortuna Galatea genitor harena haud hinc hostem iamque ignes ille infelix ingens ingentem interea Iovis ipsa Iuno Iuppiter iuventus Latio Lavinia limina litora Mantua manu manus medio mihi moenia montibus multa munera muros nate neque nequiquam nocte numina nunc omnibus omnis pater pectore Priami procul proelia pugnae quis regna Rutuli saepe sanguine sanguis saxa sese sidera silvis simul sine super talia tamen Tarchon tecta tectis tela tellus tempora terga terra Teucri Teucros tibi Troiae Turno Turnus Ulixes umbra umeris unda undas undis urbem VERGILI MARONIS vertice victor virum
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Page 225 - Quin et supremo cum lumine vita reliquit, 735 non tamen omne malum miseris nee funditus omnes corporeae excedunt pestes, penitusque necesse est multa diu concreta modis inolescere miris. Ergo exercentur poenis, veterumque malorum supplicia expendunt : aliae panduntur inanes 740 suspensae ad ventos ; alus sub gurgite vasto infectum eluitur scelus, aut exuritur igni ; quisque suos patimur Manís ; exinde per amplum mittimur Elysium, et pauci laeta arva tenemus ; donee longa dies, perfecto temporis...
Page 58 - Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas, et viridi in campo templum de marmore ponam propter aquam, tardis ingens ubi flexibus errat Mincius et tenera praetexit harundine ripas.
Page 114 - Hic canit errantem lunam solisque labores, Unde hominum genus et pecudes, unde imber et ignes, Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones, Quid tantum oceano properent se tinguere soles 745 Hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 102 - ... arboribus clausam circum atque horrentibus umbris occulit ; ipse uno graditur comitatus Achate, bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro. Cui mater media sese tulit obvia silva, virginis os habitumque gerens, et virginis arma 315 Spartanae, vel qualis equos Thre'issa fatigat Harpalyce, volucremque fuga praevertitur Hebrum.
Page 105 - Miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam, Miratur portas strepitumque et strata viarum. Instant ardentes Tyrii, pars ducere muros Molirique arcem et manibus subvolvere saxa, Pars optare locum tecto et concludere sulco ; 415 Jura magistratusque legunt sanctumque senatum ; Hie portus alii effodiunt : hie alta theatri Fundamenta locant alii, immanesque columnas Rupibus excidunt, scenis decora alta futuris.
Page xxii - Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd, and the Rome of freemen holds her place, I, from out the Northern Island sunder'd once from all the human race...
Page 164 - Enceladoque sororem progenuit, pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis, 180 monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui, quot sunt corpore plumae, tot vigiles oculi subter, mirabile dictu. tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit aures.
Page 228 - Unus qui nobis cunctando restituis rem. « EXCUDENT alii spirantia mollius aera , Credo equidem ; vivos ducent de marmore vultus ; Orabunt causas melius; cœlique meatus Describent radio, et surgentia sidera dicent : Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento; Hae tibi erunt artes , pacisque imponere morem , Parcere subjectis, et debellare superbos.
Page 210 - Sedibus optatis gemina super arbore sidunt, Discolor unde auri per ramos aura refulsit. Quale solet silvis brumali frigore viscum 205 Fronde virere nova, quod non sua seminat arbos, Et croceo fetu teretes circumdare truncos : Talis erat species auri frondentis opaca Ilice, sic leni crepitabat brattea vento.
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