Selections from the Poems of Ovid: Chiefly the MetamorphosesGinn, Heath & Company, 1883 - 566 Seiten |
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... gods , " and was put in the shape best known to us by Hesiod , some time before 500 B.C. It began , there is no reason to doubt , with rude personi- fications of the objects and forces of nature , such as would be natural to a people of ...
... gods , " and was put in the shape best known to us by Hesiod , some time before 500 B.C. It began , there is no reason to doubt , with rude personi- fications of the objects and forces of nature , such as would be natural to a people of ...
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... god of Light , ARES ( Mars ) of Strife , and HERMES ( Mercury ) the Herald . His daughters are ATHENE ( Minerva ) , APHRODITE ( Venus ) , and ARTEMIS ( Diana ) , goddesses of Wis- dom , of Love , and of the Chase . These are the twelve ...
... god of Light , ARES ( Mars ) of Strife , and HERMES ( Mercury ) the Herald . His daughters are ATHENE ( Minerva ) , APHRODITE ( Venus ) , and ARTEMIS ( Diana ) , goddesses of Wis- dom , of Love , and of the Chase . These are the twelve ...
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... gods and heroes — making a sort of pagan " Genesis " —in a form partly chronological , partly picturesque and poetical . This The connecting links between the several narratives contained in the present Selection are given , bracketed ...
... gods and heroes — making a sort of pagan " Genesis " —in a form partly chronological , partly picturesque and poetical . This The connecting links between the several narratives contained in the present Selection are given , bracketed ...
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... gods and heroes , through a long narrative , about 12,000 verses in all , ― ending with the apotheosis of Cæsar , as the sequel of the tale of Troy . The series purports to be chronological ; but the order is often arbitrary and the ...
... gods and heroes , through a long narrative , about 12,000 verses in all , ― ending with the apotheosis of Cæsar , as the sequel of the tale of Troy . The series purports to be chronological ; but the order is often arbitrary and the ...
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... god Inachus , beloved by Jupiter , is changed into a heifer by him , to escape the jealousy of Juno ; but is put by her in ... gods and commanded by Jupiter , collects again his scattered steeds , to resume their wonted course ( 381-400 ) ...
... god Inachus , beloved by Jupiter , is changed into a heifer by him , to escape the jealousy of Juno ; but is put by her in ... gods and commanded by Jupiter , collects again his scattered steeds , to resume their wonted course ( 381-400 ) ...
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Achilles Æneas agrees Ajax ALLEN ancient Andromeda Apollo arma Atalanta Atlas auras Bacchus became Book bracchia Cadmus caelo Cæsar called Cepheus Ceres changed chief city Cloth conjunx converted corpora Crete daughter death Delos deus Diana earth Exchange father first following form Gaia Galatea goddess gods golden great Grecian Greek Greenough's half Hercules illa ille inque Introduction island Jamque Jupiter Juppiter king last Latin Latona life limits long love lumina made Mailing Price Medea Medusa Meleager Metamorphoses mihi Minos mother mountain name names Neptune Niobe once Orpheus Ovid pages pectora Peleus perque Perseus Ph.D Phaëthon postquam Professor Proserpine quæ relates represented river Roman Rome sacred same Samos sanguine Scylla sine sister slain stone story tamen tellus terra Theseus Thessaly Thrace three tibi Troy turned Ulysses unda undis used utque verse vulnera vultus waters wife word world worship
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Seite 213 - Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view...
Seite 171 - Rome (i. 3). subit illius tristissima noctis imago, Qua mihi supremum tempus in Urbe fuit, Cum repeto noctem, qua tot mihi cara reliqui, Labitur ex oculis nunc quoque gutta meis.
Seite 161 - Turpiaque obscenae (vidimus) exta canis. Tum mihi ' Cur detur sacris nova victima, quaeris? ' — Quaesieram — ' Causam percipe' flamen ait. ' Est canis, Icarium dicunt, quo sidere moto Tosta sitit tellus, praecipiturque seges. 940 Pro cane sidereo canis hic imponitur arae, Et quare pereat, nil nisi nomen habet.
Seite 5 - Ante mare et terras et, quod tegit omnia, caelum unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, quem dixere chaos : rudis indigestaque moles, nee quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum.
Seite 8 - ... ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta nee ullis saucia vomeribus per se dabat omnia tellus : contentique cibis nullo cogente creatis arbuteos fetus montanaque fraga legebant cornaque et in duris haerentia mora rubetis, et quae deciderant patula lovis arbore glandes.
Seite 169 - Oscula dat cupido blanda columba mari. Psittacus has inter nemorali sede receptus Convertit volucres in sua verba pias. Ossa tegit tumulus, tumulus pro corpore magnus, Quo lapis exiguus par sibi carmen habet : 60 Colligor ex ip so dominae placuisse sepulcro : Ora fuere mihi plus ave docta loqui.
Seite 172 - Troiae, cum caperetur, erat. iamque quiescebant voces hominumque canumque Lunaque nocturnos alta regebat equos. hanc ego suspiciens et ab hac Capitolia cernens, quae nostro frustra iuncta fuere Lari, >Numina vicinis habitantia sedibus...
Seite 39 - ... saepe, ubi constiterant, hinc Thisbe, Pyramus illinc, inque vices fuerat captatus anhelitus oris, ' Invide ' dicebant ' paries, quid amantibus obstas ? quantum erat, ut sineres toto nos corporc jungi, aut hoc si nimium, vel ad oscula danda pateres ! 75 nec sumus ingrati ; tibi nos debere fatemur, quod datus est verbis ad amicas transitus aures.
Seite 166 - Ingrato vocem prostituisse foro. Mortale est, quod quaeris, opus : mihi fama perennis Quaeritur, in toto semper ut orbe canar. Vivet Maeonides, Tenedos dum stabit et Ide, Dum rapidas Simo1s in mare volvet aquas.
Seite 239 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.