Selections from the poems of Ovid: chiefly the MetamorphosesGinn and Heath, 1879 - 282 Seiten |
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... mountain ridge of peculiar shape ( Atlas ) , a bird of plaintive note ( Philomela ) , or a rock weeping with perpetual springs ( Niobe ) . -a To give something like system , order , and development to this world of fable seems to have ...
... mountain ridge of peculiar shape ( Atlas ) , a bird of plaintive note ( Philomela ) , or a rock weeping with perpetual springs ( Niobe ) . -a To give something like system , order , and development to this world of fable seems to have ...
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... mountains and rivers , and alarm of Neptune himself ; Earth appeals to Jupiter , who blasts Phaëthon with a thunderbolt ( 206-324 ) . His sisters are converted to poplars , and their tears to amber ( 325-366 ) ; while his kinsman Cygnus ...
... mountains and rivers , and alarm of Neptune himself ; Earth appeals to Jupiter , who blasts Phaëthon with a thunderbolt ( 206-324 ) . His sisters are converted to poplars , and their tears to amber ( 325-366 ) ; while his kinsman Cygnus ...
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... mountain ( 615-662 ) . Flying over Æthiopia , he discovers the princess Andromeda , daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia , fastened to a cliff to be devoured by a sea - monster , which he attacks and slays , and so wins Andromeda for his ...
... mountain ( 615-662 ) . Flying over Æthiopia , he discovers the princess Andromeda , daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia , fastened to a cliff to be devoured by a sea - monster , which he attacks and slays , and so wins Andromeda for his ...
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... mountain - god , Apollo is judged victor ; and Midas pronouncing for Pan , his ears are by Apollo lengthened into ass's ears ( 146–179 ) ; the secret of which being by his servant whispered to the earth , there sprang up reeds , which ...
... mountain - god , Apollo is judged victor ; and Midas pronouncing for Pan , his ears are by Apollo lengthened into ass's ears ( 146–179 ) ; the secret of which being by his servant whispered to the earth , there sprang up reeds , which ...
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... regna , in Arabia Petræa . 63. juga , mountain ranges . Notice how Ovid varies the de- scription in the four cases . 64. Scythiam : this term was applied to the vast steppes of Independent Tartary and south - eastern Russia . It was.
... regna , in Arabia Petræa . 63. juga , mountain ranges . Notice how Ovid varies the de- scription in the four cases . 64. Scythiam : this term was applied to the vast steppes of Independent Tartary and south - eastern Russia . It was.
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Seite 213 - linguae : Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, was " That starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended." Cepheus,. Cassiopeia, Andromeda, and Perseus are among the most striking constellations in the northern heavens. 671. Ammon : the chief divinity of Egypt, identified with the Greek Zeus (Jupiter) ; represented with the head of a ram. He
Seite 8 - non tuba directi, non aeris cornua flexi, non galeae, non ensis erant ; sine militis usu mollia securae peragebant otia gentes. too ipsa quoque immunis rastroque intacta, nee ullis saucia vomeribus, per se dabat omnia tellus : contentique cibis nullo cogente creatis, arbuteos fétus montanaque fraga legebant, cornaque et in duris haerentia mora rubetis, 105 et quae deciderant patula
Seite 22 - declinet ad Anguem, neve sinisterior pressam rota ducat ad Aram : inter utrumque teñe. Fortunae cetera mando, 140 quae juvet et melius quam tu tibi, consulat opto, dum loquor, Hesperio positas in litore metas húmida nox tetigit ; non est mora libera nobis. poscimur : effulget tenebris aurora fugatis. corripe lora manu ; vel, si mutabile pectus 145 est
Seite 39 - locum. Turn murmure parvo multa prius questi, statuunt ut nocte silenti fallere custodes foribusque excederé temptent, 85 cumque domo exierint, urbis quoque tecta relinquant ; neve sit errandum lato spatiantibus arvo, conveniant ad busta Nini, lateantque sub umbra arboris : arbor ibi niveis ubérrima pomis ardua monis erat, gélido contermina fonti. 90 Pacta placent; et lux, tarde
Seite 8 - jussit, et erectos ad sidéra tollere vultus. sic, modo quae fuerat rudis et sine imagine, tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras. ÁUREA prima sata est aetas, quae vindice nullo, sponte sua, sine lege fidem rectumque colebat. 90 poena metusque aberant, née verba
Seite 7 - cáelo : neu regio foret ulla suis animantibus orba, astra tenent caeleste solum formaeque deorum ; cesserunt nitidis habitandae piscibus undae ; terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aër. 75 Sanctius his animal mentisque capacius altae deerat adhuc, et quod dominari in cetera posset, natus homo est : sive hunc divino semine fecit
Seite 27 - quos cáelo dimitteret, imbres. 310 intonat, et dextra libratum fulmen ab aure misit in aurigam, pariterque animaque rotisque expulit, et saevis compescuit ignibus ignes. consternantur equi, et saltu in contraria facto colla jugo eripiunt, abruptaque lora relinquunt. 315 illic frena jacent, illic temone revulsus axis, in hac radii fractarum parte rotarura, sparsaque sunt late laceri vestigia
Seite 14 - intremuit motuque vias patefecit aquarum. expatiata ruunt per apertos flumina campos, 285 cumque satis arbusta simul pecudesque virosque tectaque, cumque suis rapiunt penetralia sacris, siqua domus mansit, potuitque resistere tanto indejecta malo, culmen tarnen altior hujus unda tegit, pressaeque latent sub gurgite turres. 290 Jamque mare et tellus nullum discrimen habebant : 'omnia pontus erat;
Seite 8 - montanaque fraga legebant, cornaque et in duris haerentia mora rubetis, 105 et quae deciderant patula Jovis arbore glandes., ver erat aeternum, placidique tepentibus auris mulcebant zephyri natos sine semine flores, mox etiam fruges tellus inarata ferebat, née renovatus ager gravidis canebat aristis
Seite 7 - est pondere terrae pondus aquae levius, tanto est onerosior igni. illic et nebulas, illic consistere nubes jussit, et humanas motura tonitrua mentes, 55 et cum fulminibus facientes frigora ventos, his quoque non passim mundi fabricator habendum aëra permisit : vix nunc obsistitur illis, cum sua quisque regant diverso flamina tractu, quin lanient mundum ; tanta est discordia fratrum.