Eclogae ex Q. Horatii Flacci poematibusBlanchard and Lea, 1853 - 311 pages |
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... Tiburnı Juculum . Now the grove of Tiburnus , an old local god of Tibur , must have been in , or at least very near , the town . For these external advantages Horace was indebted to the favour and friendship X INTRODUCTION .
... Tiburnı Juculum . Now the grove of Tiburnus , an old local god of Tibur , must have been in , or at least very near , the town . For these external advantages Horace was indebted to the favour and friendship X INTRODUCTION .
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... gods of his idolatry . But he often praised the administration of Augustus , which had , in truth , induced contentment and excited gratitude in all- extolling him for having given to Italy and the Roman Empire the long wished - for ...
... gods of his idolatry . But he often praised the administration of Augustus , which had , in truth , induced contentment and excited gratitude in all- extolling him for having given to Italy and the Roman Empire the long wished - for ...
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... gods , or in laws which embraced various subjects per saturam , ' in the gross or slump . ' Hence the old Roman poets Ennius and Pacuvius called a poem written in various kinds of verse , and probably of a comic nature , a satura ...
... gods , or in laws which embraced various subjects per saturam , ' in the gross or slump . ' Hence the old Roman poets Ennius and Pacuvius called a poem written in various kinds of verse , and probably of a comic nature , a satura ...
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... gods who rule the world . - 7 . To hunc , and , in line 9 , to illum , supply evehit ad deos . As among the Greeks a victory at Olympia conferred the highest honour , so at Rome this resulted from any one's election by his fellow ...
... gods who rule the world . - 7 . To hunc , and , in line 9 , to illum , supply evehit ad deos . As among the Greeks a victory at Olympia conferred the highest honour , so at Rome this resulted from any one's election by his fellow ...
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... gods , when his head is crowned with bay ( hedera ) , which used to be given as a mark of honour to poets ( doctae frontes ) ; he seems to himself to be different from other men , when in the summer , in a cool grove , with nymphs and ...
... gods , when his head is crowned with bay ( hedera ) , which used to be given as a mark of honour to poets ( doctae frontes ) ; he seems to himself to be different from other men , when in the summer , in a cool grove , with nymphs and ...
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aetas Alcaeus ancient Apollo Apulia atque Augustus Bacchus battle of Actium Caesar called Campania Carm CARMEN carmina celebrated Compare Carm Connect Construe consul curas dative deorum Diana domo edition Ennius epistle Epodes expression extra cloth famed Faunus fidibus Fortuna Gelonos goddess gods Gram Greek haec hence honour Horace Horace's hunc illis inter Jovis Jupiter juventus king Latin Lucilius Maecenas magna mala mare melius mihi multa namely nefas neque nihil nisi nunc Octavianus olim omne omnis pater pede Pindar poem poet poetical poetry praise properly prose puer quae quam quia quibus Quid quidquid quis quod quoque quum rebus rerum Roman Rome royal 12mo saepe Satires satis scil semper sense sibi sine sive tamen Tarentum terra Teucer thee thou tibi Tibur town ulmo Venusia vina virtue wine Zumpt
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Page 163 - Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis arboribusque comae ; mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripas flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet...
Page 307 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page 309 - ... qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam, multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit, abstinuit venere et vino ; qui Pythia cantat tibicen, didicit prius extimuitque magistrum. nunc satis est dixisse ' ego mira poemata pango ; occupet extremum scabies ; mihi turpe relinqui est, et quod non didici sane nescire fateri.
Page 164 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Page 302 - Verum ita risores, ita commendare dicaces Conveniet Satyros, ita vertere seria ludo, Ne quicunque deus, quicunque adhibebitur heros, Regali conspectus in auro nuper et ostro, Migret in obscuras humili sermone tabernas, Aut dum vitat humum nubes et inania captet.
Page 305 - ... ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi...
Page 90 - Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum semper urgendo neque, dum procellas cautus horrescis, nimium premendo litus iniquum. auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit, tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula. saepius ventis agitatur ingens pinus et celsae graviore casu decidunt turres feriuntque summos fulgura montes.
Page 94 - Linquenda tellus et domus et placens Uxor, neque harum, quas colis, arborum Te praeter invisas cupressos Ulla brevem dominum sequetur.
Page 245 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 157 - cervi, luporum praeda rapacium, 50 sectamur ultro, quos opimus fallere et effugere est triumphus. gens, quae cremato fortis ab Ilio iactata Tuscis aequoribus sacra natosque maturosque patres 55 pertulit Ausonias ad urbes, duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus nigrae feraci frondis in Algido, per damna, per caedes, ab ipso ducit opes animumque ferro.