The eclogues, georgics, and moretum of Virgil: With explanatory notes and a lexiconEldredge & Brother, 1878 - 307 pages |
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... Eclogue which stands first in our editions ( but was fourth in the order of composition ) to ex- press his gratitude to Octavianus Caesar . There is an uncertain tradition of a subsequent dispossession from his estate , when.he was ...
... Eclogue which stands first in our editions ( but was fourth in the order of composition ) to ex- press his gratitude to Octavianus Caesar . There is an uncertain tradition of a subsequent dispossession from his estate , when.he was ...
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... ECLOGUE I. INTRODUCTION . THIS Eclogue consists of a dialogue between two shepherds . Me- liboeus is represented as leaving his native country and going into exile . While driving his flock before him , he meets Tityrus , a neigh ...
... ECLOGUE I. INTRODUCTION . THIS Eclogue consists of a dialogue between two shepherds . Me- liboeus is represented as leaving his native country and going into exile . While driving his flock before him , he meets Tityrus , a neigh ...
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... Quercus , subject accus . of praedicere . 18-27 . Saepe - cornix . This line is generally regarded as 14 spurious , and is not found in the best MSS . See Eclogue IX . 15 . = Page 14 Sinistra , the ill - boding . Decide TO THE ECLOGUES .
... Quercus , subject accus . of praedicere . 18-27 . Saepe - cornix . This line is generally regarded as 14 spurious , and is not found in the best MSS . See Eclogue IX . 15 . = Page 14 Sinistra , the ill - boding . Decide TO THE ECLOGUES .
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... ECLOGUE II . INTRODUCTION . THIS is the first of all the Eclogues written by Virgil , it having been composed B. C. 42. The poet had seen , in the house of Asi- nius Pollio , then governor of Gallia Transpadana , a youth named Alexander ...
... ECLOGUE II . INTRODUCTION . THIS is the first of all the Eclogues written by Virgil , it having been composed B. C. 42. The poet had seen , in the house of Asi- nius Pollio , then governor of Gallia Transpadana , a youth named Alexander ...
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... ECLOGUE III . INTRODUCTION . -were car- THIS Eclogue is principally occupied with a contest in poetical skill between two shepherds , Menalcas and Damon . Such contests - still not uncommon among the improvisatori of Italy - ried on in ...
... ECLOGUE III . INTRODUCTION . -were car- THIS Eclogue is principally occupied with a contest in poetical skill between two shepherds , Menalcas and Damon . Such contests - still not uncommon among the improvisatori of Italy - ried on in ...
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ablat absol accus adeo aequor aëre alta amor Apollo āre āri atque atum ātus āvi Bacchus bees Boeotia caeli caelo Caesar canibus carmina circum comp conj Corydon ctum cura Damoetas Daphnis dative Eclogue ĕre ĕris etiam ferre fetus flumina Georgics Greek accus haec hence herba Hinc ignis illa illis illum inis inter intr Iollas ipsa ipse ĭtum labor magis Mantua manu means Menalcas mihi MORETUM Multa namque neque nobis Nunc nymph omnes omnia orbem ōris ōrum partic pastoral pecori pingues pinguis poet poetical prep primum pron quae Quam Quid quis Quod quoque rastris Roman saepe semper shepherd silvae silvis subjunct sunt super tamen tantum terra Theocritus tibi Tityrus trees ulmos umbra unda verse vines Virgil
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Page 15 - Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti 55 saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro ; hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras ; nec tamen interea raucae, tua cura, palumbes, nec gemere ae'ria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 13 - TITYRE, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi Silvestrem tenui Musam meditaris avena ; Nos patriae fines et dulcia linquimus arva : Nos patriam fugimus ; tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra Formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas.
Page 55 - Taburnum. tuque ades inceptumque una decurre laborem, o decus, o famae merito pars maxima nostrae, 40 Maecenas, pelagoque volans da vela patenti. non ego cuneta meis amplecti versibus opto, non, mihi si linguae centum sint, oraque centum, ferrea vox.
Page 25 - ... pastores; mandat fieri sibi talia Daphnis; et tumulum facite, et tumulo superaddite carmen: 'Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus, formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse.
Page 22 - Permixtos heroas et ipse videbitur illis, Pacatumque reget patriis virtutibus orbem. At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu Errantes hederas passim cum baccare tellus Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. 20 Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae Ubera, nee magnos metuent armenta leones. Ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores.
Page 36 - L, Quid, quae te pura solum sub nocte canentem audieram? numeros memini, si verba tenerem. 45 'Daphni, quid antiquos signorum suspicis ortus? Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum, astrum, quo segetes gauderent frugibus et quo duceret apricis in collibus uva colorem. Insere, Daphni, piros ; carpent tua poma nepotes.
Page 45 - Semina vidi equidem multos medicare serentes Et nitro prius et nigra perfundere amurca, 'Grandior ut fetus siliquis fallacibus esset, 195 Et, quamvis igni exiguo, properata maderent. Vidi lecta diu et multo spectata labore Degenerare tamen, ni vis humana quot annis Maxima quaeque manu legeret. Sic omnia fatis In pejus ruere. ac retro sublapsa referri...
Page 17 - Est mihi disparibus septem compacta cicutis Fistula, Damoetas dono mihi quam dedit olim, Et dixit moriens : Te nunc habet ista secundum.
Page 53 - 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 283.
Page 67 - Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes et inexorabile fatum Subiecit pedibus strepitumque Acherontis avari. Fortunatus et ille, deos qui novit agrestes, Panaque Silvanumque senem Nymphasque sorores.