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... Augustus himself for his protector and Maecenas for his friend , too much can- not be said in praise of the man who could prefer his hum- ble abode on the Esquiline , the summer air of Praeneste , his villa at Tibur , or his Sabine farm ...
... Augustus himself for his protector and Maecenas for his friend , too much can- not be said in praise of the man who could prefer his hum- ble abode on the Esquiline , the summer air of Praeneste , his villa at Tibur , or his Sabine farm ...
Page xi
... Augustus used to rally the two poets by saying , that he sat " between sighs and tears . " His friend Maecenas died in the beginning of November , A. U. C. 746 , B. C. 8 , and in his last will recommended the poet to the protection of ...
... Augustus used to rally the two poets by saying , that he sat " between sighs and tears . " His friend Maecenas died in the beginning of November , A. U. C. 746 , B. C. 8 , and in his last will recommended the poet to the protection of ...
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... Augustus recumbens Purpureo bibit ore nectar . Hac te merentem , Bacche pater , tuae Vexere tigres , indocili jugum Collo trahentes . Hac Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit , Gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis : Ilion , Ilion ...
... Augustus recumbens Purpureo bibit ore nectar . Hac te merentem , Bacche pater , tuae Vexere tigres , indocili jugum Collo trahentes . Hac Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit , Gratum elocuta consiliantibus Junone divis : Ilion , Ilion ...
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... Augustus , adjectis Britannis Imperio gravibusque Persis . Milesne Crassi conjuge barbara Turpis maritus vixit ? et hostium Pro Curia , inversique mores ! - Consenuit socerorum in arvis , Sub rege Medo , Marsus et Appulus ! Anciliorum ...
... Augustus , adjectis Britannis Imperio gravibusque Persis . Milesne Crassi conjuge barbara Turpis maritus vixit ? et hostium Pro Curia , inversique mores ! - Consenuit socerorum in arvis , Sub rege Medo , Marsus et Appulus ! Anciliorum ...
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... Augustus , and distinguished himself by his patronage of literary men , is said to have been descended from Elbius Volterrenus , one of the Lucumones of Etruria , who fell in the battle at the lake Vadimona , A. U. C. 445. - 2 . O et ...
... Augustus , and distinguished himself by his patronage of literary men , is said to have been descended from Elbius Volterrenus , one of the Lucumones of Etruria , who fell in the battle at the lake Vadimona , A. U. C. 445. - 2 . O et ...
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