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... taken in the same sense as in the proverb par pari referre , and inferias alludes to a custom of the ancients , who sacrificed a number of prisoners upon the tombs of their generals . Tor . 9 Jugurtha , a king of Numidia , who being ...
... taken in the same sense as in the proverb par pari referre , and inferias alludes to a custom of the ancients , who sacrificed a number of prisoners upon the tombs of their generals . Tor . 9 Jugurtha , a king of Numidia , who being ...
Page 43
... taken cap- tive at Lyrnessus by the Greeks , and fell to the share of Achilles . WATSON . 24 Tecmessa , a captive Trojan maid . WATSON . 25 Hector , the son of Priam , the most valiant of the Trojans , who , after defending his country ...
... taken cap- tive at Lyrnessus by the Greeks , and fell to the share of Achilles . WATSON . 24 Tecmessa , a captive Trojan maid . WATSON . 25 Hector , the son of Priam , the most valiant of the Trojans , who , after defending his country ...
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... northerly winds , nor are the ash - trees widowed of their leaves . But thou art con- tinually pursuing Mystes . who is taken from thee , with mourn- ful measures : nor do the effects of thy love ODE VIII . IX . 47 ODES OF HORACE .
... northerly winds , nor are the ash - trees widowed of their leaves . But thou art con- tinually pursuing Mystes . who is taken from thee , with mourn- ful measures : nor do the effects of thy love ODE VIII . IX . 47 ODES OF HORACE .
Page 48
... taken thirty years before , and to pull down the trophies that Orodes ha erected for the defeat of Crassus . To perpetuate the memory of this success , he struck a medal with this inscription , PRO SIGNIS RECEPTIS . SAN . 43 By the ...
... taken thirty years before , and to pull down the trophies that Orodes ha erected for the defeat of Crassus . To perpetuate the memory of this success , he struck a medal with this inscription , PRO SIGNIS RECEPTIS . SAN . 43 By the ...
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... taken this beautiful image . DAC . 61 Apta quadrigis , " Born for the chariot . " The poet merely wishes to express the generous properties of the animal . The ancients gave the preference in respect of swiftness to mares . The term ...
... taken this beautiful image . DAC . 61 Apta quadrigis , " Born for the chariot . " The poet merely wishes to express the generous properties of the animal . The ancients gave the preference in respect of swiftness to mares . The term ...
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