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Page 97
... applied proverbially , among the Greeks , to anything which was so strange as to seem a violation of the laws of nature . So the chorus in the Medea of Euripides , 414 * Ανω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαὶ Καὶ δίκα καὶ πάντα πάλιν στρέφεται ...
... applied proverbially , among the Greeks , to anything which was so strange as to seem a violation of the laws of nature . So the chorus in the Medea of Euripides , 414 * Ανω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαὶ Καὶ δίκα καὶ πάντα πάλιν στρέφεται ...
Page 98
... applied , as in the present passage , to mental agitation , thus ' attoniti micuere sinus ' -- ' corda micant regis ' — ' pulsantur trepidi corde micante sinus , ' & c . , are all Ovidian expressions . 41. Classe peracta , the reading ...
... applied , as in the present passage , to mental agitation , thus ' attoniti micuere sinus ' -- ' corda micant regis ' — ' pulsantur trepidi corde micante sinus , ' & c . , are all Ovidian expressions . 41. Classe peracta , the reading ...
Page 99
... applied to buildings the construction of which required great time and toil . 42. Ceratas , i . e . ' cera piceque oblitas , ' so again Ov . R. A. 447 ' Non satis una tenet ceratas ancora puppes . ' 43. Parce negare , i . e . ' noli ...
... applied to buildings the construction of which required great time and toil . 42. Ceratas , i . e . ' cera piceque oblitas , ' so again Ov . R. A. 447 ' Non satis una tenet ceratas ancora puppes . ' 43. Parce negare , i . e . ' noli ...
Page 105
... applied to those who waste their toil in endeavouring to effect what can never be accomplished . So Ov . Tr . 5. 4 , 47 ' Plena tot ac tantis referetur gratia factis ; Nec sinet ille tuos litus arare boves , ' and Juvenal , speaking of ...
... applied to those who waste their toil in endeavouring to effect what can never be accomplished . So Ov . Tr . 5. 4 , 47 ' Plena tot ac tantis referetur gratia factis ; Nec sinet ille tuos litus arare boves , ' and Juvenal , speaking of ...
Page 113
... applied by Ovid in an extended signification to brothers and sisters . The student may consult Met . 8. 444 ; 13. 663 ; Her 3. 46 . 65. Observe the sibilation in this line , which would seem to indicate that the Roman ear was not very ...
... applied by Ovid in an extended signification to brothers and sisters . The student may consult Met . 8. 444 ; 13. 663 ; Her 3. 46 . 65. Observe the sibilation in this line , which would seem to indicate that the Roman ear was not very ...
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