 | L. P. Wilkinson - History - 1969 - 392 pages
...marvel at their 'grandia ossa' (i. 497). True, soil-erosion was probably an observable fact in Italy. movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda nec torpere gravi passus sua regna vcterno. The Father himself did not wish the way of cultivation to be easy, and first caused the fields... | |
 | Patricia A. Johnston - History - 1980 - 162 pages
...the golden age, Jupiter forces mankind out of a grossly passive existence : pater ipse . . . primus per artem movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno. (G. 1.121-4) Like Prometheus, Jupiter benefits human beings by freeing them from a dull-witted, torpid... | |
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Pater ipse colendi haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, nec torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno. 
