Selecta e Catullo, in usum juventutis: notas quasdam Anglice scriptas, adjecit Gulielmus Gifford CookesleyE. P. Williams, 1845 - 89 pages |
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... this date ; and the present poem was composed , either for the annual festival of Diana , which took place in August , or upon some other special occasion . It is remarkable , that both boys and girls sing 20 NOTES ON CATULLUS .
... this date ; and the present poem was composed , either for the annual festival of Diana , which took place in August , or upon some other special occasion . It is remarkable , that both boys and girls sing 20 NOTES ON CATULLUS .
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Gaius Valerius Catullus William Gifford Cookesley. It is remarkable , that both boys and girls sing the hymn in Catullus , whereas , in Horace , boys sing to Apollo , and girls to Diana . The metre is Glyconian , consisting of a spondee ...
Gaius Valerius Catullus William Gifford Cookesley. It is remarkable , that both boys and girls sing the hymn in Catullus , whereas , in Horace , boys sing to Apollo , and girls to Diana . The metre is Glyconian , consisting of a spondee ...
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... girls , on seeing that the youths have got up , prepare to follow their example . The youths think it is not a fair match between themselves and the girls , who , they have no doubt , have got their song up , " cut and dried ...
... girls , on seeing that the youths have got up , prepare to follow their example . The youths think it is not a fair match between themselves and the girls , who , they have no doubt , have got their song up , " cut and dried ...
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... girl : " a very bold and loose translation . Vossius reads convertite , " direct your attention to the matter in hand . " But ... girls -pit yourselves against them . " 66 26. This and the second verse ( expectata diu , & c . ) have been ...
... girl : " a very bold and loose translation . Vossius reads convertite , " direct your attention to the matter in hand . " But ... girls -pit yourselves against them . " 66 26. This and the second verse ( expectata diu , & c . ) have been ...
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... girl ; " a diminu- tive of pupa : hence , 2ndly , " any thing very delicate and dear , -the pupil of the eye . " Cicero says , that acies meant the same thing , de Nat . Deor . ii . 57 , - Acies ipsa , quæ pupula voca- tur , qua ...
... girl ; " a diminu- tive of pupa : hence , 2ndly , " any thing very delicate and dear , -the pupil of the eye . " Cicero says , that acies meant the same thing , de Nat . Deor . ii . 57 , - Acies ipsa , quæ pupula voca- tur , qua ...
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ætas Amor amore appears Arsinoe authority beautiful Berenice Bithynia bride brother Cæsar called CARM CARMEN CATULLI Catullus Cicero Conon currite Cybele dactyl Deæ death ducentes subtemina Epithalamium expression fair famous father first Flammeus foot form friend fusi girls give Gods good Greek hæc happy hence Horace husband Hymen o Hymenæe Iambic Jupiter known lady Laodamia Lesbia life lines literally little love lumina made Manlius marriage meæ puellæ meaning means metre mihi misero mysteries omnibus passage pectore Peleus Pelops poem poems poet poetry present Priapus properly quæ read reading sæpe same says seems sense sine Sirmio Smyrna soon spondee supposed tells Theseus Thetis thing tibi Troja used Venus Verona verse vertice VIRG Virgil vitæ vows word words worshipped written Zephyrus γὰρ δὲ ἐγὼ εἰ ἐκ ἐν καὶ μὲν νῦν Οὐ Οὐκ τε τὸ Ὑμὰν ἔλθ Ὑμὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε ὡς
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