The Fasti, Tristia, Pontic epistles ... (The Metamorphoses. The Heroides ... the Amours ... and minor works) of Ovid, tr. into Engl. prose, with notes, by H.T. Riley, Volumen2 |
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... give spur to him , indignantly exclaiming ; others , by silent assent fulfil their parts . Yet the entire destruction of the human race is a cause of grief to them all , and they enquire what is to be the form of the earth in future ...
... give spur to him , indignantly exclaiming ; others , by silent assent fulfil their parts . Yet the entire destruction of the human race is a cause of grief to them all , and they enquire what is to be the form of the earth in future ...
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... give full rein to your streams . " Thus he commanded ; they return , and open the mouths of their fountains , 51 * and roll on into the ocean with unobstructed course . He himself struck same destined termination of the present state of ...
... give full rein to your streams . " Thus he commanded ; they return , and open the mouths of their fountains , 51 * and roll on into the ocean with unobstructed course . He himself struck same destined termination of the present state of ...
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... ceded Apollo in giving oracular responses at Delphi . She was the daughter of Coelus and Terra , and was the first to instruct men to ask of who at that time used to give out oracular responses B. I. 313-321 . ] 17 THE METAMORPHOSES . 21.
... ceded Apollo in giving oracular responses at Delphi . She was the daughter of Coelus and Terra , and was the first to instruct men to ask of who at that time used to give out oracular responses B. I. 313-321 . ] 17 THE METAMORPHOSES . 21.
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Publius Ovidius Naso. who at that time used to give out oracular responses . No man was there more upright than he , nor a greater lover of justice , nor was any woman more regardful of the Deities than she . Soon as Jupiter beholds the ...
Publius Ovidius Naso. who at that time used to give out oracular responses . No man was there more upright than he , nor a greater lover of justice , nor was any woman more regardful of the Deities than she . Soon as Jupiter beholds the ...
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... give thy assistance , O most gentle Goddess , to our ruined fortunes . " The Goddess was moved , and gave this response : " Depart from my temple , and cover your heads , 66 and loosen father , Prometheus , having formed men of clay ...
... give thy assistance , O most gentle Goddess , to our ruined fortunes . " The Goddess was moved , and gave this response : " Depart from my temple , and cover your heads , 66 and loosen father , Prometheus , having formed men of clay ...
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abode according Achilles Æneas Ajax altars ancient Antoninus Liberalis Apollo Apollodorus arms Bacchus beheld beneath bird blood body Boeotia breast brother Cadmus called carried Cecrops Ceres changed chariot Cinyras Clarke translates daughter death Deities Diana Diodorus Siculus Divinity dost dreadful Eacus earth EXPLANATION eyes FABLE father fire flames gave give Goddess Gods Greek grief hair hand heaven Hercules honour horns husband Hyginus island Julius Cæsar Juno Jupiter killed king limbs lofty Minerva Minos mother mountain mouth neck Neptune Nymph oracle Ovid Pausanias Peleus Perseus Phaëton Phineus Phoebus Pirithoüs Pliny the Elder poets Priam probably received river rock sacred says serpent ship shore signifies sister slain stone story Strabo stream supposed sword tears tells temple thee Theseus Thessaly things thou art Thrace transformed tree Trojan Troy Ulysses Venus virgin waves wife wild beasts winds wings wont wood words wound writers youth
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Página 21 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Página 32 - Not half fo fwift the trembling doves can fly. When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid fky ; Not Jialf fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro...
Página 233 - carchesium ' was a kind of drinking cup, used by the Greeks from very early times. It was slightly contracted in the middle, and its two handles extended from the top to the bottom.
Página 378 - Thammuz yearly wounded ; and to be a Phoenician personification of the sun, who during a part of the year is absent, or as the legend expresses it, with the goddess of the under- world ; during the remainder with Astarte, the regent of heaven.
Página 380 - For further information on this subject, the reader is referred to the article
Página 380 - Doomed to die.] — Ver. 26. The Romans were wont to exhibit shows of hunting in the amphitheatre in the morning ; and at mid-day the gladiatorial spectacles commenced. The ' arena' was the name given to the central open space, which derived its name from the sand with which it was covered, chiefly for the purpose of absorbing the blood of the wild beasts and of the combatants. Caligula, Nero, and Carus showed their extravagant disposition by using cinnabar and borax instead of sand. In the earlier...
Página 32 - When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves; As from the god she flew with furious pace, Or as the god, more furious, urg'd the chase.
Página 59 - But his wretched father had hidden his face, overcast with bitter sorrow, and, if only we can believe it, they say that one day passed without the sun. The flames afforded light ; and so far, there was some advantage in that disaster. But Clymene, after she had said whatever things were to be said amid misfortunes so great, traversed the whole earth, full of woe, and distracted, and tearing her bosom.
Página 7 - Over these he placed the firmament, clear and devoid of gravity, and not containing anything of the dregs of earth. Scarcely had he separated all these by fixed limits, when the stars, which had long lain hid, concealed beneath that mass of Chaos, began to glow through the range of the heavens. And that no region might be destitute of its own peculiar animated beings, the stars and the forms of the...
Página 57 - Delos as though with a circle, whence their name. her neck, and placed her hands to her forehead, and shaking all things with a vast trembling, she sank down a little, and retired below the spot where she is wont to be, and thus she spoke, with a parched voice : " O sovereign of the Gods, if thou approvest of this, if I have deserved it, why do thy lightnings linger...