The Works of Horace: With English Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryHarper & brothers, 1846 - 681 pages |
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... meant to denote any of the Muses . - 34 . Lesboum refugit , & c . " Refuses to touch the Lesbian lyre . " The lyre is called " Lesbian " in allusion to Sappho and Alcæus , both na tives of Lesbos , and both famed for their lyric ...
... meant to denote any of the Muses . - 34 . Lesboum refugit , & c . " Refuses to touch the Lesbian lyre . " The lyre is called " Lesbian " in allusion to Sappho and Alcæus , both na tives of Lesbos , and both famed for their lyric ...
Page 282
... meant the shades of the departed , often made the theme of the wildest fictions of poetry . Some commentators , however , understand the expression in its literal sense , " the Manes of whom all is fable , " and suppose it to imply the ...
... meant the shades of the departed , often made the theme of the wildest fictions of poetry . Some commentators , however , understand the expression in its literal sense , " the Manes of whom all is fable , " and suppose it to imply the ...
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... meant by Achilles , Agrippa and Messala by the phrase duplicis Ulixei , Antony and Cleopatra by the " house of Pelops , " Statilius Taurus by the god Mars , Marcus Titius oy Meriones , and Mæcenas by the son of Tydcus . 1. Scriberis ...
... meant by Achilles , Agrippa and Messala by the phrase duplicis Ulixei , Antony and Cleopatra by the " house of Pelops , " Statilius Taurus by the god Mars , Marcus Titius oy Meriones , and Mæcenas by the son of Tydcus . 1. Scriberis ...
Page 286
... meant the Acuévoтos , or ' Apуéσrns Nóros ( Il . 11. 306. ) of the Greeks . This wind , though for the most part a moist and damp one , whence its name ( véros , a vorís , moisture , " " humidity , " ) in certain seasons of the year ...
... meant the Acuévoтos , or ' Apуéσrns Nóros ( Il . 11. 306. ) of the Greeks . This wind , though for the most part a moist and damp one , whence its name ( véros , a vorís , moisture , " " humidity , " ) in certain seasons of the year ...
Page 287
... meant . - 26 . O socii comitesque . “ 0 companions in arms and followers . " Socii refers to the chieftains who were his companions : comites , to their respective followers . - 27 . Auspice Teucro . " Under the auspices of Teucer ...
... meant . - 26 . O socii comitesque . “ 0 companions in arms and followers . " Socii refers to the chieftains who were his companions : comites , to their respective followers . - 27 . Auspice Teucro . " Under the auspices of Teucer ...
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