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Page 12
... formal Stoic , apparently more concerned about the growth of his beard than about his growth in grace , and more insistent upon the phraseology of his doctrines than upon their intelligibility , appealed to both sides of his mind . In ...
... formal Stoic , apparently more concerned about the growth of his beard than about his growth in grace , and more insistent upon the phraseology of his doctrines than upon their intelligibility , appealed to both sides of his mind . In ...
Page 24
... formal and unconnected with the subject of the poem . The address to Maecenas in the first Epode is more natural and graceful . — quam sortem . . . illa : = illa sorte ... quam . The word sors is used without thought of its original ...
... formal and unconnected with the subject of the poem . The address to Maecenas in the first Epode is more natural and graceful . — quam sortem . . . illa : = illa sorte ... quam . The word sors is used without thought of its original ...
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... formal and epic ; Lucil- ius , 1316 ( Marx ) , has Valeri sen- tentia dia , and Horace frequently uses this kind of periphrasis in parody of the heroic style , e.g. Sat. 2 , 1 , 72 . 35. laudarier : the old form of the infin . pass ...
... formal and epic ; Lucil- ius , 1316 ( Marx ) , has Valeri sen- tentia dia , and Horace frequently uses this kind of periphrasis in parody of the heroic style , e.g. Sat. 2 , 1 , 72 . 35. laudarier : the old form of the infin . pass ...
Page 49
... formal dinner is directly ridiculed in other satires , esp . Sat. 2 , 2 , 23 ff . , and 48 ff . 120-122 . A reference to an epi- gram of Philodemus , an Epicurean of Cicero's time . This particular Candida rectaque sit , munda hactenus ...
... formal dinner is directly ridiculed in other satires , esp . Sat. 2 , 2 , 23 ff . , and 48 ff . 120-122 . A reference to an epi- gram of Philodemus , an Epicurean of Cicero's time . This particular Candida rectaque sit , munda hactenus ...
Page 63
... formal sponsio . As many business transactions were ratified only by oral formulas , without written evidence , the failure to keep a verbal promise in such matters was regarded as an espe- cially serious crime . 96 ff . The Paradoxes ...
... formal sponsio . As many business transactions were ratified only by oral formulas , without written evidence , the failure to keep a verbal promise in such matters was regarded as an espe- cially serious crime . 96 ff . The Paradoxes ...
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Alcaeus allusion argument Aristippus atque Augustus Brundisium Caesar Carm Catullus Cicero clause colloquial comedy contrast critics cura doctrine enim Ennius epic Epist Epod erat erit etiam expression figure frumenti Greek haec Horace Horace's humorous hunc idem illi inter ipse Latin letter literature Lucilius lyric poetry Maecenas mala meaning melius ment mihi modo multa natura neque nihil nisi nunc olim omnes omnis pater pede philosophy phrase Plautus poem poet poetry praetor pueri quae quam quia quid quis quod recte reference rerum Roman Rome saepe sapiens satire satis Satyr play Scholiast sense sermon sibi sine slave Stertinius Stoic story style Suetonius sunt tamen thought tibi Tibullus tion tone ultro Venusia verb verba Vergil verse verum vitae wine words writing
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Page 39 - Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 171 - Caetera qui vitae servaret munia recto More, bonus sane vicinus, amabilis hospes, Comis in uxorem, posset qui ignoscere servis Et signo laeso non...
Page 40 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
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Page 185 - ... inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter adsuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros, aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus. sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum з8o Q.
Page 225 - Pythia cantat 415 tibicen, didicit prius extimuitque magistrum. nunc satis est dixisse 'ego mira poemata pango ; occupet extremum scabies ; mihi turpe relinqui est et quod non didici sane nescire fateri'.
Page 75 - ... agedum, pauca accipe contra. primum ego me illorum dederim quibus esse poetas excerpam numero: neque enim concludere versum 40 dixeris esse satis; neque si qui scribat uti nos sermoni propiora, putes hunc esse poetam, ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior atque os magna sonaturum, des nominis huius honorem.
Page 26 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 167 - Quid ferai et quare sibi nectat uterque coronam. Caedimur et totidem plagis consumimus hostem Lento Samnites ad lumina prima duello. Discedo Alcaeus puncto illius ; ille meo quis ? Quis nisi Callimachus ? Si plus adposcere visus, Fit Mimnermus, et optivo cognomine crescit.
Page 214 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.