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Page xvii
... father , wife , son ; and our sympathy is , from the outset , enlisted in his behalf , as the victim of supernal wrath , and the fate - buffeted hero of a noble race . Virgil's forte is in his descriptive power . He sketches nature with ...
... father , wife , son ; and our sympathy is , from the outset , enlisted in his behalf , as the victim of supernal wrath , and the fate - buffeted hero of a noble race . Virgil's forte is in his descriptive power . He sketches nature with ...
Page xxx
... father Priam , at the hands of Pyrrhus : 506–538 . The dismay of Æneas ; his frenzied resolve to slay Helen , the cause of the war , whom he discovered crouching at the altar of Vesta , and his restraint therefrom by his mother , Venus ...
... father Priam , at the hands of Pyrrhus : 506–538 . The dismay of Æneas ; his frenzied resolve to slay Helen , the cause of the war , whom he discovered crouching at the altar of Vesta , and his restraint therefrom by his mother , Venus ...
Page xxxii
... father Anchises , Æneas announces his intention of celebrating the anniversary by suitable games , and invites all ... father's spirit embodied in it , or the genius of the place : 72-103 . At the appointed day , the ninth following ...
... father Anchises , Æneas announces his intention of celebrating the anniversary by suitable games , and invites all ... father's spirit embodied in it , or the genius of the place : 72-103 . At the appointed day , the ninth following ...
Page xxxvii
... father , despite his frantic deprecations : 633-688 . Meanwhile Mezentius , warned by Jupiter , takes the field , and rages like a wild boar , slaying many brave Trojans and Arcadians - foe meets foe , and many a hero falls : 689-754 ...
... father , despite his frantic deprecations : 633-688 . Meanwhile Mezentius , warned by Jupiter , takes the field , and rages like a wild boar , slaying many brave Trojans and Arcadians - foe meets foe , and many a hero falls : 689-754 ...
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... limitless heaven , Verily bear swift with them , and sweep them away through the welkin . But the omnipotent father hath hid them in caverns of darkness , 50 55 60 Guarding against this , and o'er them a mass and 2 THE ÆNEID .
... limitless heaven , Verily bear swift with them , and sweep them away through the welkin . But the omnipotent father hath hid them in caverns of darkness , 50 55 60 Guarding against this , and o'er them a mass and 2 THE ÆNEID .
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Acestes Æneas Æneid æther afar altars Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius Ausonian battle bespeaks billows blood body bosom breezes buckler Camilla Carthage cavern charger chariot chieftains comrades Creüsa Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames fleet flits foemen forests fortune goddess gods gold grove hast hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains night Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian pity plains Priam ramparts right hand river round rushing Rutulians sabre sails Sergestus shalt shores shoulders sister slaughter slumber soul Spake spear spirit squadron steeds summons surges Tarchon temples Teucrans thee thine thou threshold Trojan Turnus Tyrrhenian uttered valor Venus Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound