The Aeneid of Virgil: Books I-VI.Macmillan, 1902 - 511 pages |
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... 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 relates 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 relates 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 . and VIII . relate how Aeneas lands in Latium , the king of which was Latinus , whose capital was Laurentum . His daughter , Lavinia , had been betrothed to Turnus , leader of the ...
... Aeneas returns safely to the upper air .. Books VII . and VIII . relate how Aeneas lands in Latium , the king of which was Latinus , whose capital was Laurentum . His daughter , Lavinia , had been betrothed to Turnus , leader of the ...
Page xvi
... Aeneas avenges his death by the slaughter of many heroes , but Juno manages to save Turnus by inducing him to leave the field in pursuit of a phantom of the Trojan hero . Aeneas slays Mezentius in single combat . Book XI . opens with an ...
... Aeneas avenges his death by the slaughter of many heroes , but Juno manages to save Turnus by inducing him to leave the field in pursuit of a phantom of the Trojan hero . Aeneas slays Mezentius in single combat . Book XI . opens with an ...
Page xviii
... Aeneas and the queen is a master piece . To an appeal which would move a stone Aeneas replies with the cold and formal rhetoric of an attorney orhen Dido bursts into an invective which , for con- man rated scorn , nervous force , and ...
... Aeneas and the queen is a master piece . To an appeal which would move a stone Aeneas replies with the cold and formal rhetoric of an attorney orhen Dido bursts into an invective which , for con- man rated scorn , nervous force , and ...
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Acestes Achilles Aeneas Aeneid aequora aether alliteration Anchises Andromache animi Apollo arma Ascanius atque auras caelo caelum caestus Carthage circum clause Conington Creusa cura cursu Dardanus death deinde describes Dido divom domus emphasise emphatic Ennius explain fata fortune genus gods Greek haec haud heaven Hector Helenus hinc Homer iamque illa ille infelix ingens ipse Italiam Italy Juno land Latin limina litora Lucr magna magno manu means medio mihi Mnestheus moenia multa neque numine nunc omnes pater pelago Penates phrase Polydorus Priam primum procul Pyrrhus quae quam quid quis quod render Roman Rutuli sail seems sense sidera super talia temple terras Teucri thee thou tibi Troia Troiae Trojans Troy ultro umbras umbris undas urbe urbem Venus verb Virgil winds words δὲ καὶ τε
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Page 480 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page xxiii - Thou that singest wheat and woodland, tilth and vineyard, hive and horse and herd; All the charm of all the Muses often flowering in a lonely word...
Page 133 - ... 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, aliis sub gurgite vasto infectum eluitur scelus aut exuritur igni...
Page 76 - Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor? mene fugis? per ego has lacrimas dextramque tuam te (quando aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa reliqui), per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos, si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam, oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem.
Page 1 - ARMA virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum saevae memorem lunonis ob iram ; multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, 5 inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae.
Page 134 - Phrygias turrita per urbes, laeta deum partu, centum complexa nepotes, omnes caelicolas, omnes supera alta tenentes. hue geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem Romanosque tuos. hie Caesar, et omnis luli progenies, magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hie vir, hie est, tibi quern promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, Divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio, regnata per arva Saturno quondam...
Page 113 - Sibyllae. ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo, 'poscere fata tempus,' ait ; 'deus, ecce, deus ! ' cui talia fanti ante fores subito non vultus, non color unus, non comptae mansere comae ; sed pectus anhelum, et rabie fera corda tument ; maiorque videri nee mortale sonans, adflata est numine quando 50 iam propiore dei. ' cessas in vota precesque, Tros,' ait, ' Aenea, cessas ? neque enim ante dehiscent attonitae magna ora domus.
Page 135 - Illae autem, paribus quas fulgere cernis in armis, Concordes animae nunc et dum nocte premuntur, Heu quantum inter se bellum, si lumina vitae Attigerint, quantas acies stragemque ciebunt ! Aggeribus socer Alpinis atque arce Monoeci 830 Descendens, gener adversis instructus Eois.
Page 120 - Ditis vacuas et inania regna : quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter, et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem. vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus Orci Luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; pallentesque habitant Morbi tristisque Senectus, et Metus et malesuada Fames ac turpis Egestas, terribiles visu formae, Letumque Labosque; turn consanguineus Leti Sopor et mala mentis Gaudia, mortiferumque adverse in limine Bellum, ferreique Eumenidum...
Page 42 - Extulit, et caelo palmas cum voce tetendit: ' luppiter omnipotens, precibus si flecteris ullis, 'Aspice nos — hoc tantum— et, si pietate meremur, 690 ' Da deinde auxilium, pater, atque haec omina firma.' ' Vix ea fatus erat senior, subitoque fragore Intonuit laevum, et de caelo lapsa per umbras Stella facem ducens multa cum luce cucurrit Illam, summa super labentem culmina tecti...