The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic Epistles, Ibis, and HalieuticonBell & Daldy, 1872 - 503 pages |
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... means so faithful . A poetical translation of the Tristia , by Wye Saltonstall , was published in the earlier part of the seventeenth cen- tury ; and by its fidelity , and the terseness and fluency of its language , does considerable ...
... means so faithful . A poetical translation of the Tristia , by Wye Saltonstall , was published in the earlier part of the seventeenth cen- tury ; and by its fidelity , and the terseness and fluency of its language , does considerable ...
Page xii
... means , in a cycle of twenty - four years , the Calendar was re- duced to the same state as if every year had consisted of 365 days and a quarter . The direction of the intercalations was left with the Ponti- fices , and it is supposed ...
... means , in a cycle of twenty - four years , the Calendar was re- duced to the same state as if every year had consisted of 365 days and a quarter . The direction of the intercalations was left with the Ponti- fices , and it is supposed ...
Page xiii
... means " the third day before the Calends of February . " Pursuing this mode of enumera- tion , we find the fourteenth of January ( the day after the Ides ) to be the nineteenth " before , " or , as we say , " of the Calends of February ...
... means " the third day before the Calends of February . " Pursuing this mode of enumera- tion , we find the fourteenth of January ( the day after the Ides ) to be the nineteenth " before , " or , as we say , " of the Calends of February ...
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... means ' tribes , ' or ' clans , ' not yet fused into one people . 23 Pertaining to the year . ] - Ver . 38. This may mean the rules and ordinances which were to be observed during the succeeding year till Ro- mulus again met his people ...
... means ' tribes , ' or ' clans , ' not yet fused into one people . 23 Pertaining to the year . ] - Ver . 38. This may mean the rules and ordinances which were to be observed during the succeeding year till Ro- mulus again met his people ...
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... means that on those days there are no sacrifices to any of the Gods . " Will be inauspicious . ] - Ver . 58. Ater , ' literally black . ' The epithet was perhaps derived from the custom of recording unlucky days by black marks set ...
... means that on those days there are no sacrifices to any of the Gods . " Will be inauspicious . ] - Ver . 58. Ater , ' literally black . ' The epithet was perhaps derived from the custom of recording unlucky days by black marks set ...
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Æneas Æneid alludes altar ancient arms Augustus Bacchus banishment bear behold Bistonian brother Cæsar Calends called cause celebrated Ceres Constellation cruel daughter death Deity derived didst Divinity dost thou earth ELEGY enemy entreats EPISTLE exile father Faunus favour festival flames Fortune frankincense Germanicus Getæ Getic give Goddess Gods Gower thus renders Greek hand heaven Hercules honour husband Hyades Janus Jove Julius Cæsar Juno Jupiter king land Latian Latium lines Mars Maximus mayst thou month mother Muse Naso Nymph Ovid poem poet Pontus praise pray punishment Quinquatria received rising rites Roman Rome Romulus Sabine sacred sacrifice Sarmatian says Scythian Servius Tullius shalt slain sorrow spot steeds stream supposed tears tells temple thee things thou art thou hast thou mayst Thrace thyself Tiber Tiberius Translated Tuticanus Venus verses Vesta vols waves wife wine wont words worship wrath wretched