Selections from Tibullus and othersMacmillan, 1903 - 228 pagine |
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Pagina 123
... Sibyl's verse ( 15-18 ) . 66 So did the Sibyl show Aeneas the great destinies of his race , when Troy was in the dust ( 19-22 ) and the site of Rome was an expanse of fields and woods and water ( 23-38 ) . Aeneas , I behold thy fated ...
... Sibyl's verse ( 15-18 ) . 66 So did the Sibyl show Aeneas the great destinies of his race , when Troy was in the dust ( 19-22 ) and the site of Rome was an expanse of fields and woods and water ( 23-38 ) . Aeneas , I behold thy fated ...
Pagina 125
... Sibyl is the one who sold the original Sibylline books to King Tarquin . Accord- ing to Varro , quoted by the Christian writer Lactantius , her name was Amalthea . In the course of time she was identified with the Sibyl who prophesied ...
... Sibyl is the one who sold the original Sibylline books to King Tarquin . Accord- ing to Varro , quoted by the Christian writer Lactantius , her name was Amalthea . In the course of time she was identified with the Sibyl who prophesied ...
Pagina 126
... Sibyl a reward if she will grant his prayer for an oracle ' hic ego namque tuas sortes arcanaque fata dicta meae genti ponam lectosque sacrabo , | alma , uiros ' ( the lecti uiri are the custodians of the Sibylline books ) . postquam ...
... Sibyl a reward if she will grant his prayer for an oracle ' hic ego namque tuas sortes arcanaque fata dicta meae genti ponam lectosque sacrabo , | alma , uiros ' ( the lecti uiri are the custodians of the Sibylline books ) . postquam ...
Pagina 129
... Sibyl speaks as a Greek , to whom all other nations were barbari ' outlandish . ' It might mean also ' savage , ' ' cruel ' as it sometimes carries both senses ; cf. Prop . 3. 16. 13 quisquis amator erit , Scythicis licet ambulet oris ...
... Sibyl speaks as a Greek , to whom all other nations were barbari ' outlandish . ' It might mean also ' savage , ' ' cruel ' as it sometimes carries both senses ; cf. Prop . 3. 16. 13 quisquis amator erit , Scythicis licet ambulet oris ...
Pagina 130
... Sibyl now alludes to the incident which brought about the founding of the fourth town , the great city of Rome ( 60 , 61 ) —the union of Ilia ( called Rea Siluia in some accounts ) and Mars whose offspring were the twins , Romulus and ...
... Sibyl now alludes to the incident which brought about the founding of the fourth town , the great city of Rome ( 60 , 61 ) —the union of Ilia ( called Rea Siluia in some accounts ) and Mars whose offspring were the twins , Romulus and ...
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Aeneas Albius allusion Amor Apollo Aquitania arua atque Baehrens birthday caelo capillos caput Carm Catullus Cerinthus comas Compare conjectured connexion couplet Crit cura dedit Delia deus dominae elegy epithet expression goddess Greek haec haruspex Hence Horace hunc illa ille Introd ipse iugera Iuppiter iuueni Lares Latin leuis licet lines Livy longa Lygdamus magna manu means Messalla mihi modo Neaera Nemesis nomen nunc Osiris Ovid parua pater pede Phaeacia Phoebus poem poets precor primum Prop Propertius puella quae quam quid quod quoque quoted refers Roman Rome sacra says Seneca sense Sibyl Sibylline Sibylline books siue Statius Sulpicia sunt tamen terra tibi Tibullus Tibur Trist turba uenit uerba uias uicta uiro uitae Varro Venus verb verse Virg Virgil word writers
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Pagina 35 - ... magnae iam locus urbis erit. Roma, tuum nomen terris fatale regendis, qua sua de caelo prospicit arva Ceres, quaque patent ortus et qua fluitantibus undis Solis anhelantes abluit amnis equos. 60 Troia quidem tunc se mirabitur et sibi dicet vos bene tam longa consuluisse via. vera cano: sic usque sacras innoxia laurus vescar, et aeternum sit mihi virginitas.
Pagina 38 - ... ante meum veniat longos incompta capillos et fleat ante meum maesta Neaera rogum. sed veniat carae matris comitata dolore: maereat haec genero, maereat illa viro.
Pagina 9 - ... subiit iuga tempore taurus non domito frenos ore momordit equus. non domus ulla fores habuit, non fixus in agris qui regeret certis finibus arva, lapis...
Pagina 20 - ... ipse suas sectatur oves, at filius agnos, et calidam fesso comparat uxor aquam. sic ego sim, liceatque caput candescere canis, temporis et prisci facta referre senem.
Pagina 34 - Phoebe, modo in terris erret inermis Amor. Ars bona, sed postquam sumpsit sibi tela Cupido, Heu, heu, quam multis ars dedit ista malum.
Pagina 11 - ASPER eram et bene discidium me ferre loquebar : at mihi nunc longe gloria fortis abest.
Pagina 11 - Illic sit, quicumque meos violavit amores, Optavit lentas et mihi militias. At tu casta precor maneas, sanctique pudoris Adsideat custos sedula semper anus. Haec tibi fabellas referat positaque lucerna Deducat plena stamina longa colu, At circa gravibus pensis adfixa puella Paulatim somno fessa remittat opus.
Pagina 56 - Troiani fama laboris, tardaque nocturno tela retexta dolo : 3° sic Nemesis longum, sic Delia nomen habebunt, Altera cura recens, altera primus amor.
Pagina 37 - Castaliamque umbram Pieriosque lacus, Ite domum cultumque illi donate libellum, Sicut erit : nullus defluat inde color. Illa mihi referet, si nostri mutua cura est An minor, an toto pectore deciderim.
Pagina 9 - Messallam terra dum sequiturque mari.' sed me, quod facilis tenero sum semper Amori, ipsa Venus campos ducet in Elysios.