The Works of Virgil: In Latin & English. The Aeneid, Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1778 |
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... called the ara maxima , was , as Dion . Hal . tells us , the oldest establishment in Rome ; and continued for many ages in high veneration . To this , the following lines allude . " Hane ARAM luco ftatuit , quæ MAXIMA femper - Dicetur ...
... called the ara maxima , was , as Dion . Hal . tells us , the oldest establishment in Rome ; and continued for many ages in high veneration . To this , the following lines allude . " Hane ARAM luco ftatuit , quæ MAXIMA femper - Dicetur ...
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... called ) and their youths always served and fought together ; - fo Virgil of these : " His amor unus erat , pariterque in bella ruebant , Tum quoque communi portam ftatione tenebant . The lovers used to make presents to their favourite ...
... called ) and their youths always served and fought together ; - fo Virgil of these : " His amor unus erat , pariterque in bella ruebant , Tum quoque communi portam ftatione tenebant . The lovers used to make presents to their favourite ...
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... called Callichorus ; and , adjoining to that , a stone , on which , as the tradition went , Ceres fat down , fad and weary , on her coming to Eleufis . Hence the ftone was named Aleguftus , the melancholy ftone † . On which ac- count it ...
... called Callichorus ; and , adjoining to that , a stone , on which , as the tradition went , Ceres fat down , fad and weary , on her coming to Eleufis . Hence the ftone was named Aleguftus , the melancholy ftone † . On which ac- count it ...
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... called by the Athenians , Agelaftus ; on which , they fay , Thefeus fat when he was meditating his descent into hell . Hence the ftone had its name . Or perhaps because Ceres fat there weeping when she fought Proferpine t . All this ...
... called by the Athenians , Agelaftus ; on which , they fay , Thefeus fat when he was meditating his descent into hell . Hence the ftone had its name . Or perhaps because Ceres fat there weeping when she fought Proferpine t . All this ...
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... called the priestess of Ceres . " The ancients , fays Porphyrius , called the priefteffes of Ceres Mocal , as being the ministers or hi- erophants of the fubterraneous goddess , and Proferpine herself Mintáns § " And Eneas addreffes her ...
... called the priestess of Ceres . " The ancients , fays Porphyrius , called the priefteffes of Ceres Mocal , as being the ministers or hi- erophants of the fubterraneous goddess , and Proferpine herself Mintáns § " And Eneas addreffes her ...
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Aceftes adeo Aeneas Æneid aethere againſt Anchifes ancient arma arms atque Auguftus autem cafus circumftance Dardanus defcribed defcription deûm dreadful effe Eneas enim Eryx etiam facred faid fame fatis fays feems fhade fhall fhews fhield fhining fhore fhould fide fight firft firſt fkies flain flew flood folemn fome fubject fuch funt fuper fuppofe gods haec hell hero himſelf Hinc Homer hunc Iliad inter ipfe juventus laft Latian Latinus Latio Latium Livy manu menfis Mezentius mighty mihi Mneftheus moenia moft moſt muſt myfteries nunc o'er obferves occafion omnes omnis paffage pater poem poet poeta prefent prince procul quae quam quibus quod reafon reprefented rife rites Roman Rome ſhall ſkies ſky ſpread ſtate Statius tamen Tartarus terga thefe theſe thofe thoſe thro tibi tow'rs Trojan Turnus uſed Virgil whofe youth
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