Selections from the poems of Ovid: chiefly the MetamorphosesGinn and Heath, 1879 - 282 Seiten |
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... Livy of Pata- vium . Of eminent writers of this age , only Cæsar , Lucretius , and Tibullus were born in Rome . But then Rome , socially as well as politically , comprised the whole of Italy . the emperor at some weakness , folly , or ...
... Livy of Pata- vium . Of eminent writers of this age , only Cæsar , Lucretius , and Tibullus were born in Rome . But then Rome , socially as well as politically , comprised the whole of Italy . the emperor at some weakness , folly , or ...
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... were sufficiently free from super- stition to reject the early fables . The titles of several Greek works of the same kind are known ; and Virgil , in the Sixth Eclogue , puts a similar song into the mouth of Silenus . " " Any thing ...
... were sufficiently free from super- stition to reject the early fables . The titles of several Greek works of the same kind are known ; and Virgil , in the Sixth Eclogue , puts a similar song into the mouth of Silenus . " " Any thing ...
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... of Medusa , daughter of Phorcus , whose golden locks were by the wrath of Minerva changed to serpents . IV . 648. ] The Giant Atlas . VIPEREI referens 42 [ METAM . Perseus and Andromeda . VI. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA. ...
... of Medusa , daughter of Phorcus , whose golden locks were by the wrath of Minerva changed to serpents . IV . 648. ] The Giant Atlas . VIPEREI referens 42 [ METAM . Perseus and Andromeda . VI. PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA. ...
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... were likewise converted into stone ( 236–249 ) . Minerva ( who had attended Per- seus thus far ) , coming to Helicon and inquiring of the Muses , is told the following : that having taken refuge from a tempest with Pyreneus of Daulia ...
... were likewise converted into stone ( 236–249 ) . Minerva ( who had attended Per- seus thus far ) , coming to Helicon and inquiring of the Muses , is told the following : that having taken refuge from a tempest with Pyreneus of Daulia ...
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... were by Jupiter turned into frogs ( VI . 313-381 ) ; and another of the satyr Marsyas , who was conquered in music and flayed by Apollo ; and another of the crime of Tantalus , Niobe's father , who caused his son Pelops to be served up ...
... were by Jupiter turned into frogs ( VI . 313-381 ) ; and another of the satyr Marsyas , who was conquered in music and flayed by Apollo ; and another of the crime of Tantalus , Niobe's father , who caused his son Pelops to be served up ...
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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.