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" limina victor Alcides subiit, haec illum regia cepit. Aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoque dignum finge deo rebusque veni non asper egenis. "
P. Vergili Maronis opera: The last six books of the Aeneid - Page 114
by Virgil - 1875
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The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Holbrook Jackson - Antiques & Collectibles - 2001 - 676 pages
...the glory of pagan art, from which the Christian was bound to flee; then the couplet, Aude, hospcs, contemnere opes, et te quoque dignum Finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis, 3 which Fenelon could never read without admiring tears; now the line, Exoriare aliquis nostris ex...
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Calling from Diffusion: Hermeneutics of the Promenade

Thomas M. Greene - Fiction - 2002 - 92 pages
...leaves, having bent his head to enter the primitive dwelling. His host. King Evander, cites a precedent: "haec" inquit "limina victor Alcides subiit, haec...ilium regia cepit. aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoquc dignum finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis." dixit, et angusti subter fastigia tecti ingentem...
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Constructing Literature in the Roman Republic

Sander M. Goldberg - History - 2005 - 270 pages
...them to the Palatine, where Evander offers his guest the hospitality of his own home. 55 ut ventum ad sedes, "haec" inquit "limina victor Alcides subiit,...dignum finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis." As they reached the house, "This threshold," he said, "victorious Hercules entered. This palace received...
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Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid

Lee Fratantuono - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 452 pages
...manage its development. Evander' s words to Aeneas as he enters the house have occasioned much comment: aude, hospes, contemnere opes et te quoque dignum finge deo, rebusque veni non asper egenis. (8.364-365) Dare, o guest, to disdain riches and fashion yourself as also -worthy of the god, and do...
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