A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius: With Copious Explanatory Notes, by which These Difficult Satirists are Rendered Easy and Familiar to the Reader, Volume 1T. Tegg, 1829 - Latin poetry |
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... called from the prætexta , a white robe orna- mented with purple , and worn by magi- strates and nobles . Hence the come- dies , which treated of the actions of such , were called prætextatæ . In our time we should say , genteel comedy ...
... called from the prætexta , a white robe orna- mented with purple , and worn by magi- strates and nobles . Hence the come- dies , which treated of the actions of such , were called prætextatæ . In our time we should say , genteel comedy ...
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... called Æolian , or Vulcanian ; one of which was called Hiera , or sacred , as dedicated to Vulcan . From the frequent breaking forth of fire and sulphur out of the earth of these islands , particularly in Hiera , Vulcan was supposed to ...
... called Æolian , or Vulcanian ; one of which was called Hiera , or sacred , as dedicated to Vulcan . From the frequent breaking forth of fire and sulphur out of the earth of these islands , particularly in Hiera , Vulcan was supposed to ...
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... called Icarian . See HoR . lib . iv . od . ii . 1. 2-4 . -The flying artificer . ] Dædalus , who invented and made wings for him- self and his son Icarus , with which they fled from Crete . See AINSW . Dæda- lus . 55. The bawd . ] The ...
... called Icarian . See HoR . lib . iv . od . ii . 1. 2-4 . -The flying artificer . ] Dædalus , who invented and made wings for him- self and his son Icarus , with which they fled from Crete . See AINSW . Dæda- lus . 55. The bawd . ] The ...
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... called ceras ; sometimes they are called ceratæ tabellæ , because they were thin pieces of wood , covered over with wax , on which the ancients wrote with the point of a sharp instrument , called stylus , ( see HoR . lib . i . sat . x ...
... called ceras ; sometimes they are called ceratæ tabellæ , because they were thin pieces of wood , covered over with wax , on which the ancients wrote with the point of a sharp instrument , called stylus , ( see HoR . lib . i . sat . x ...
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... called sinus , the bosom . The larger the sail , and the more open and spread it is , the greater the capacity of the bo- som for receiving the wind , and the more powerfully is the ship driven on through the sea . Thus avarice spreads ...
... called sinus , the bosom . The larger the sail , and the more open and spread it is , the greater the capacity of the bo- som for receiving the wind , and the more powerfully is the ship driven on through the sea . Thus avarice spreads ...
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Page 3 - The satyrical Poets, Horace, Juvenal, and Persius, may contribute wonderfully to give a man a detestation of vice, and a contempt of the common methods of mankind; which they have set out in such true colours, that they must give a very generous sense to those who delight in reading them often. Persius his second satyr may well pass for one of the best lectures in divinity.