Eclogae ex Q. Horatii Flacci poematibusBlanchard & Lea, 1854 - 289 pages |
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... famed for the fertility of the country around it . Percussit , has filled with love .'- 12 . Domus Albuneae , the grotto of Albunea , ' the nymph of a small stream near Tibur ( the modern Tivoli ) , a town on the Anio ( now Teverone ...
... famed for the fertility of the country around it . Percussit , has filled with love .'- 12 . Domus Albuneae , the grotto of Albunea , ' the nymph of a small stream near Tibur ( the modern Tivoli ) , a town on the Anio ( now Teverone ...
Page 38
... famed , ' is to be understood , like patiens in line 4 , as who once was , and still might be . - 14 . Filium Thetidis marinae , the son of the sea - goddess The- tis : namely , Achilles . When the Trojan war broke out , his mother ...
... famed , ' is to be understood , like patiens in line 4 , as who once was , and still might be . - 14 . Filium Thetidis marinae , the son of the sea - goddess The- tis : namely , Achilles . When the Trojan war broke out , his mother ...
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... famed during all antiquity as archers . 18. Strepitum , ' the noise of war . ' Celerem sequi Ajacem this construction is Greek - swift in pursuit . ' The younger Ajax , the son of Oileus , is meant ; his standing epithet in Homer being ...
... famed during all antiquity as archers . 18. Strepitum , ' the noise of war . ' Celerem sequi Ajacem this construction is Greek - swift in pursuit . ' The younger Ajax , the son of Oileus , is meant ; his standing epithet in Homer being ...
Page 63
... famed Falernian wine- one sweet , the other acid . The latter is described here as severum . -11 . Frater Megillae Opuntiae . He calls on one of the revellers to tell his tale , not mentioning the man's own name , however , but that of ...
... famed Falernian wine- one sweet , the other acid . The latter is described here as severum . -11 . Frater Megillae Opuntiae . He calls on one of the revellers to tell his tale , not mentioning the man's own name , however , but that of ...
Page 67
... famed . 16 . Tendis contendis . • - CARMEN XXX . AD VENEREM . An invocation of Venus to be gracious to Glycera , a female friend of Horace . O VENUS , regina Cnidi Paphique , Sperne dilectam Cypron et vocantis 1. Cnidus a town in Caria ...
... famed . 16 . Tendis contendis . • - CARMEN XXX . AD VENEREM . An invocation of Venus to be gracious to Glycera , a female friend of Horace . O VENUS , regina Cnidi Paphique , Sperne dilectam Cypron et vocantis 1. Cnidus a town in Caria ...
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Page 284 - Orestes. si quid inexpertum scaenae committis et audes 125 personam formare novam, servetur ad imum qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. difficile est proprie communia dicere ; tuque rectius Iliacum carmen deducis in actus, quam si proferres ignota indictaque primus.
Page 25 - Spernit ; nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus, nunc ad aquae lene caput sacrae. Multos castra juvant, et lituo tubae Permixtus sonitus, bellaque, matribus Detestata. Manet sub Jove frigido Venator, tenerae conjugis immemor ; Seu visa est catulis cerva fidelibus, Seu rupit teretes Marsus aper plagas. Me doctarum hederae praemia frontium...
Page 148 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
Page 265 - Nam spirat tragicum satis et feliciter audet, Sed turpem putat inscite metuitque lituram. Creditur ex medio quia res arcessit habere Sudoris minimum, sed habet comoedia tanto Plus oneris quanto veniae minus.
Page 203 - ... et Laberi mimos ut pulchra poemata mirer. ergo non satis est risu diducere rictum auditoris...
Page 156 - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus, Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus ; et bonis Est in juvencis, est in equis, patrum 30 Virtus : nee imbellem feroces Progenerant aquilae columbam.
Page 289 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus, Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, quum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi. Non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens, non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Page 294 - Silvestres homines sacer interpresque deorum Caedibus et victu foedo deterruit Orpheus, Dictus ob hoc lenire tigres rabidosque leones ; Dictus et Amphion, Thebanae conditor arcis, Saxa movere sono testudinis et prece blanda Ducere quo vellet.
Page 128 - Bandusiae splendidior vitro dulci digne mero non sine floribus, eras donaberis haedo, cui frons turgida cornibus primis et venerem et proelia destinat frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi rubro sanguine rivos lascivi suboles gregis. te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile 10 fessis vomere tauris praebes et pecori vago. fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, me dicente cavis impositam ilicem saxis, unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae.
Page 290 - At vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et Laudavere sales, nimium patienter utrumque, Ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos Scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto , Legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.