The Aeneid of Virgil: Books I-VI.Macmillan, 1902 - 511 pages |
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Page xiv
... his wanderings to Alcinous . Hence the phrase ὕστερον πρότερον Ομηρικῶς . 2 Otherwise called Iulus , the legendary ancestor of the gens Iulia . destined to become great Romans and describes their future fortunes xiv VIRGIL'S AENEID.
... his wanderings to Alcinous . Hence the phrase ὕστερον πρότερον Ομηρικῶς . 2 Otherwise called Iulus , the legendary ancestor of the gens Iulia . destined to become great Romans and describes their future fortunes xiv VIRGIL'S AENEID.
Page xv
... fortunes , after which 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 ...
... fortunes , after which 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 ...
Page xviii
... fortune.'1 Indeed throughout t Aeneid he is so regulated by fate , ' visions , an superintending deities that it is hard to take a livin interest in his acts and doings . Sum pius Aeneas how he introduces himself , and throughout he ...
... fortune.'1 Indeed throughout t Aeneid he is so regulated by fate , ' visions , an superintending deities that it is hard to take a livin interest in his acts and doings . Sum pius Aeneas how he introduces himself , and throughout he ...
Page 140
... fortunes of Aeneas and Rome were guided not by idle chance but by sure destiny ; that Aeneas was ' fated ' to escape the destruction of Troy and rule over the Trojans ' himself and his sons ' sons , ' is foretold Hom . II . 20. 302-308 ...
... fortunes of Aeneas and Rome were guided not by idle chance but by sure destiny ; that Aeneas was ' fated ' to escape the destruction of Troy and rule over the Trojans ' himself and his sons ' sons , ' is foretold Hom . II . 20. 302-308 ...
Page 141
... fortunes of the house of Troy ' depended : a city regarded as a great family had its public Penates as each family had its private ones . unde : ' whence , ' a perfectly vague word referring first of all to Aeneas ( = a quo ) , but also ...
... fortunes of the house of Troy ' depended : a city regarded as a great family had its public Penates as each family had its private ones . unde : ' whence , ' a perfectly vague word referring first of all to Aeneas ( = a quo ) , but also ...
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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...