The eclogues, georgics, and moretum of Virgil: With explanatory notes and a lexiconEldredge & Brother, 1878 - 307 pages |
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Page ix
... poet and philosopher Parthe- nius . After several years ' residence at Naples , Virgil betook himself to Rome ( B. Č ... poets , especially Theocritus . In this period he wrote a number of short poems , some of which may have descended ...
... poet and philosopher Parthe- nius . After several years ' residence at Naples , Virgil betook himself to Rome ( B. Č ... poets , especially Theocritus . In this period he wrote a number of short poems , some of which may have descended ...
Page xi
... poet was reciting this allusion to her son , and to have fainted from her emotions . She rewarded the poet munificently . * - — " The fortunes of a man , who , fleeing from a burning city and a kingdom overthrown , and borne by the ...
... poet was reciting this allusion to her son , and to have fainted from her emotions . She rewarded the poet munificently . * - — " The fortunes of a man , who , fleeing from a burning city and a kingdom overthrown , and borne by the ...
Page xii
... poet met with Augustus , who was returning from Samos to Rome . Changing his former intention , Virgil determined to ... poets on either hand , he was sitting between sighs and tears . His parents lived long enough to enable him to show ...
... poet met with Augustus , who was returning from Samos to Rome . Changing his former intention , Virgil determined to ... poets on either hand , he was sitting between sighs and tears . His parents lived long enough to enable him to show ...
Page 105
... poet , and many of his scenes and epithets remind us rather of Sicily than of Italy , while many of the names of his personages , with their Greek endings , are easily traced to the Greek original . Yet if we approach the Eclogues , not ...
... poet , and many of his scenes and epithets remind us rather of Sicily than of Italy , while many of the names of his personages , with their Greek endings , are easily traced to the Greek original . Yet if we approach the Eclogues , not ...
Page 106
... poet ; but under this , as a kind of allegory , Virgil seems to have depicted his own fortunes , and to have expressed his personal obligations to his imperial benefactor , Caesar Octavianus , for protecting him in the enjoyment of his ...
... poet ; but under this , as a kind of allegory , Virgil seems to have depicted his own fortunes , and to have expressed his personal obligations to his imperial benefactor , Caesar Octavianus , for protecting him in the enjoyment of his ...
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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.