Extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses, with copious notes. By I. McBurneyR. Griffin and Company, 1854 - 18 Seiten |
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... sacred to divinities or demigods of the heroic age . Cesserunt , " fell to the lot of . " Nitidis , " smooth , glittering , ( as fish present a sparkling appearance when they sport about in the water ) . 45. " Animal sanctius his ...
... sacred to divinities or demigods of the heroic age . Cesserunt , " fell to the lot of . " Nitidis , " smooth , glittering , ( as fish present a sparkling appearance when they sport about in the water ) . 45. " Animal sanctius his ...
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... sacred to the goddess Pales , who patronized shepherds ; as Romulus , who was at first a shepherd , laid the foundation of Rome upon this eminence . Others derive the term from " balo , " to bleat ; as it yielded excellent pasture to ...
... sacred to the goddess Pales , who patronized shepherds ; as Romulus , who was at first a shepherd , laid the foundation of Rome upon this eminence . Others derive the term from " balo , " to bleat ; as it yielded excellent pasture to ...
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... sacred to Mercury , the latter to Pan , who is hence styled Lycæus . On this moun- tain the God of Shepherds had a famous temple ; and the rites , which were called Auxa by the Greeks , were known at Rome as the Lupercalia . 58. " Dedi ...
... sacred to Mercury , the latter to Pan , who is hence styled Lycæus . On this moun- tain the God of Shepherds had a famous temple ; and the rites , which were called Auxa by the Greeks , were known at Rome as the Lupercalia . 58. " Dedi ...
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... sacred narrative . The sea is said to have united its waters with those falling from heaven . In Genesis ( vii . 11 , ) we are told that the fountains of the great deep were broken up , and the windows of heaven were opened . For their ...
... sacred narrative . The sea is said to have united its waters with those falling from heaven . In Genesis ( vii . 11 , ) we are told that the fountains of the great deep were broken up , and the windows of heaven were opened . For their ...
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... sacred deposits , " the " sacra may refer to the Penates . Penetrale was " the inner room of a house , " where the Penates were kept , afterwards " the interior of a temple . " The root is penus . a 47. " Turresque labant pressæ sub ...
... sacred deposits , " the " sacra may refer to the Penates . Penetrale was " the inner room of a house , " where the Penates were kept , afterwards " the interior of a temple . " The root is penus . a 47. " Turresque labant pressæ sub ...
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Seite 1 - Sic erat instabilis tellus, innabilis unda, lucis egens ae'r : nulli sua forma manebat, obstabatque aliis aliud, quia corpore in uno frigida pugnabant calidis, humentia siccis, mollia cum duris, sine pondere habentia pondus.
Seite 45 - ... excute virgineo conceptas pectore flammas, si potes, infelix! si possem, sanior essem; sed trahit invitam nova vis, aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet. video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor.
Seite 4 - Ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta nee ullis saucia vomeribus per se dabat omnia tellus...
Seite 29 - Phaethon, rutilos flamma populante capillos, volvitur in praeceps longoque per aera tractu fertur, ut interdum de caelo stella sereno etsi non cecidit, potuit cecidisse videri. quem procul a patria diverso maximus orbe excipit Eridanus, fumantiaque abluit ora.
Seite 76 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Seite 21 - Saeculaque et positae spatiis aequalibus Horae, Verque novum stabat cinctum florente corona ; Stabat nuda Aestas et spicea serta gerebat ; Stabat et Autumnus calcatis sordidus uvis, Et glacialis Hiems, canos hirsuta capillos. 30 Incle loco medius rerum novitate paventem Sol oculis juvenem, quibus adspicit omnia, vidit, Quaeque viae tibi causa? quid hac, ait, arce petisti, Progenies, Phaethon, baud infitianda parenti?
Seite 2 - ... orbem. sic ubi dispositam, quisquis fuit ille deorum, congeriem secuit sectamque in membra redegit : principio terram, ne non aequalis ab omni parte foret, magni speciem glomeravit in orbis.