Selections from Virgil's GeorgicsUniversity Press, 1921 - 124 pages |
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Page xi
... POETRY . li TEXT : GEORGIC I II III . IV . I ΙΟ 18 21 NOTES : GEORGIC I 31 II 52 III . 75 IV . 82 ADDENDA . 104 VOCABULARY . GENERAL INDEX TO NOTES 107 122 INTRODUCTION I. HISTORICAL Virgil's life falls during prolonged Civil Wars b2.
... POETRY . li TEXT : GEORGIC I II III . IV . I ΙΟ 18 21 NOTES : GEORGIC I 31 II 52 III . 75 IV . 82 ADDENDA . 104 VOCABULARY . GENERAL INDEX TO NOTES 107 122 INTRODUCTION I. HISTORICAL Virgil's life falls during prolonged Civil Wars b2.
Page xiii
... civil strife . He was born on the 15th of October , 70 B.C. , ` at Andes , a hamlet near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul . This means that he was not a Roman , but one of those Italians who had suffered under the injustice and oppression of ...
... civil strife . He was born on the 15th of October , 70 B.C. , ` at Andes , a hamlet near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul . This means that he was not a Roman , but one of those Italians who had suffered under the injustice and oppression of ...
Page xiv
... civil war began afresh . But the rise of Julius Caesar had brought new hope to the world . In him men saw a leader of real genius , a man absolutely fearless , deeply sensitive to the incompetence of the Government and the gross ...
... civil war began afresh . But the rise of Julius Caesar had brought new hope to the world . In him men saw a leader of real genius , a man absolutely fearless , deeply sensitive to the incompetence of the Government and the gross ...
Page xv
... Civil War Cremona had sympathised with the Senatorial party . After the battle of Philippi in B.C. 42 , Octavian and Antony , who had to reward their victorious soldiers with land , confiscated for the purpose the country about Cremona ...
... Civil War Cremona had sympathised with the Senatorial party . After the battle of Philippi in B.C. 42 , Octavian and Antony , who had to reward their victorious soldiers with land , confiscated for the purpose the country about Cremona ...
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... Civil War was raging over the whole world and " the whole race of mankind would very nearly have been destroyed by mutual slaughter but for his control . He gave freedom to every city , he civilised nations which before were savage , he ...
... Civil War was raging over the whole world and " the whole race of mankind would very nearly have been destroyed by mutual slaughter but for his control . He gave freedom to every city , he civilised nations which before were savage , he ...
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Page xxviii - tis a passionate work!— yet wise and well; Well chosen is the spirit that is here; That Hulk which labours in the deadly swell, This rueful sky, this pageantry of fear!
Page xlv - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 20 - ... concidit et mixtum spumis vomit ore cruorem extremosque ciet gemitus. it tristis arator maerentem abiungens fraterna morte iuvencum, atque opere in medio defixa relinquit aratra.
Page 9 - Di patrii, indigetes, et Romule Vestaque mater, quae Tuscum Tiberim et Romana Palatia servas, hunc saltem everso iuvenem succurrere saeclo ne prohibete.
Page 8 - Auster, sol tibi signa dabit. solem quis dicere falsum audeat? ille etiam caecos instare tumultus saepe monet fraudemque et operta tumescere bella.
Page 17 - Et varios ponit fetus autumnus, et alte Mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis. Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, Casta pudicitiam servat domus, ubera vaccae Lactea demittunt, pinguesque in gramine laeto 5*5 Inter se adversis luctantur cornibus haedi.
Page 28 - Taenarias etiam fauces, alta ostia Ditis, et caligantem nigra formidine lucum ingressus manesque adiit regemque tremendum nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda. 470 at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis umbrae ibant tenues simulacraque luce carentum...
Page 15 - Iustitia excedens terris vestigia fecit. me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, accipiant, caelique vias et sidera monstrent, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores ; unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant, 48o quid tantum Oceano properent se tinguere soles hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
Page 2 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Page 28 - quis et me," inquit, " miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, quis tantus furor ? en iterum crudelia retro fata vocant conditque natantia lumina somnus. iamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas...