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Page xv
... temples robed in fire , Ilion falling , Rome arising , wars , and filial faith , and Dido's pyre ; II Landscape - lover , lord of language more than he that sang the Works and Days , All the chosen coin of fancy flashing out from many a ...
... temples robed in fire , Ilion falling , Rome arising , wars , and filial faith , and Dido's pyre ; II Landscape - lover , lord of language more than he that sang the Works and Days , All the chosen coin of fancy flashing out from many a ...
Page 158
... temples was also located there . Notice that the final o of Samo is not here elided . Such retention is known as Hiatus . hic : the adverb . illius : in the genitive termination -ius the poets often use the i as short . 17. fuit ...
... temples was also located there . Notice that the final o of Samo is not here elided . Such retention is known as Hiatus . hic : the adverb . illius : in the genitive termination -ius the poets often use the i as short . 17. fuit ...
Page 159
... temple near Argos have recently been brought to light . 25. necdum etiam : and not even yet . irarum : on the use of the plural for the singular , see note on irae , line 11 . 26. alta mente : literally , in her deep mind , i.e. deeply ...
... temple near Argos have recently been brought to light . 25. necdum etiam : and not even yet . irarum : on the use of the plural for the singular , see note on irae , line 11 . 26. alta mente : literally , in her deep mind , i.e. deeply ...
Page 174
... temple wall , a sign of the peaceful nature of his reign . 249. nunc • • quiescit : he now enjoys repose , settled in tranquil peace ; compostus is by Syncope for compositus ; cf. repostum in line 26 . 250. nos : Venus includes herself ...
... temple wall , a sign of the peaceful nature of his reign . 249. nunc • • quiescit : he now enjoys repose , settled in tranquil peace ; compostus is by Syncope for compositus ; cf. repostum in line 26 . 250. nos : Venus includes herself ...
Page 178
... temple of Janus . The clos- ing of these gates was a sign that war had ceased . Furor impius : Virgil is thinking of the unhallowed spirit of civil strife . 295. saeva sedens super : note the Alliteration . arms pinioned . vinctus ...
... temple of Janus . The clos- ing of these gates was a sign that war had ceased . Furor impius : Virgil is thinking of the unhallowed spirit of civil strife . 295. saeva sedens super : note the Alliteration . arms pinioned . vinctus ...
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Page xiv - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh, a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way: To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free: — These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Page 126 - Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit : nunc grege de intacto septem mactare iuvencos praestiterit, totidem lectas de more bidentes.' Talibus affata Aenean (nec sacra morantur 40 iussa viri) Teucros vocat alta in templa sacerdos. Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, quo lati ducunt aditus centum, ostia centum; unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae. Ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo 'Poscere fata 45 tempus
Page xvi - Chanter of the Pollio, glorying in the blissful years again to be, Summers of the snakeless meadow, unlaborious earth and oarless sea; Thou that seest Universal Nature moved by Universal Mind; Thou majestic in thy sadness at the doubtful doom of human kind...
Page 32 - Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 83 - At regina dolos (quis fallere possit amantem?) praesensit motusque excepit prima futuros, omnia tuta timens. Eadem impia Fama furenti detulit armari classem cursumque parari. Saevit inops animi totamque incensa per urbem 300 bacchatur, qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho orgia nocturnusque vocat clamore Cithaeron.
Page 84 - ... oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus — exue mentem. Te propter Libycae gentes Nomadumque tyranni 320 odere, infensi Tyrii ; te propter eundem exstinctus pudor, et, qua sola sidera adibam, fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes ? Hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat.
Page 34 - Ille nihil, nec me quaerentem vana moratur, sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his, ait, eripe flammis.
Page 64 - Haec loca vi quondam et vasta convolsa ruina (tantum aevi longinqua valet mutare vetustas) 415 dissiluisse feruiit, cum protinus utraque tellus una foret ; venit medio vi pontus et undis Hesperium Siculo latus abscidit arvaque et urbes litore diductas angusto interluit aestu.
Page 79 - Parva metu primo ; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit...