D. Iunii Iuvenalis Saturae XIV.: Fourteen satires of JuvenalUniversity Press, 1914 - 471 pages |
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... Greek Chronicle of Eusebius . This Chronicle was compiled about 328 A.D. and translated fifty years later . Juvenal lived too late to have Suetonius for his biographer . It is probable that the De Viris Illustribus was published.
... Greek Chronicle of Eusebius . This Chronicle was compiled about 328 A.D. and translated fifty years later . Juvenal lived too late to have Suetonius for his biographer . It is probable that the De Viris Illustribus was published.
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... Greek example . Roman satire , however , has nothing to do with the Satyric drama of Athens . The word satura probably means ' medley , ' being a feminine noun derived from satur , like dira ' a curse ' and noxia ' a hurt . ' It seems ...
... Greek example . Roman satire , however , has nothing to do with the Satyric drama of Athens . The word satura probably means ' medley , ' being a feminine noun derived from satur , like dira ' a curse ' and noxia ' a hurt . ' It seems ...
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... Greek play introduced by Livius Andronicus about 240 B.C. Livy's words seem to imply that a satura differed from a regular play in having no plot . Dialogue it possessed from the beginning ; but the scenes , of which it was composed ...
... Greek play introduced by Livius Andronicus about 240 B.C. Livy's words seem to imply that a satura differed from a regular play in having no plot . Dialogue it possessed from the beginning ; but the scenes , of which it was composed ...
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... Greek influences added new features to the originally dramatic satura . Quintilian tells us that they contained a dialogue between Life and Death ; and Gellius quotes two lines from a satura in which Ennius versified the fable of the ...
... Greek influences added new features to the originally dramatic satura . Quintilian tells us that they contained a dialogue between Life and Death ; and Gellius quotes two lines from a satura in which Ennius versified the fable of the ...
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... Greek literature . Of Varro's saturae only scanty fragments survive : but these are sufficient to show that our loss is great . An interesting and appreciative account of them is given by Mommsen , who finds so little to praise in Latin ...
... Greek literature . Of Varro's saturae only scanty fragments survive : but these are sufficient to show that our loss is great . An interesting and appreciative account of them is given by Mommsen , who finds so little to praise in Latin ...
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Page 41 - ... notum, qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor. ut tamen et poscas aliquid voveasque sacellis exta et candiduli divina tomacula porci, 355 orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. fortem posce animum, mortis terrore carentem, qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores, nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil, et potiores 360 Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores et Venere et cenis et pluma Sardauapalli.
Page 22 - Incertaeque rei, Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis Falsus , et admoto dictet periuria tauro , Summum crede nefas animam, praeferre pudori Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 113 - Antaeus, the son of Terra, the Earth, was a mighty giant and wrestler, whose strength was invincible so long as he remained in contact with his mother Earth.
Page 300 - At ninety they lose their teeth and hair, they have at that age no distinction of taste, but eat and drink whatever they can get, without relish or appetite. The diseases they were subject to still continue without increasing or diminishing. In talking they forget the common appellation of things, and the names of persons, even of those who are their nearest friends and relations.
Page xxix - Amydone relicta, hie Andro, ille Samo, hie Trallibus aut Alabandis, 70 Esquilias dictumque petunt a vimine collem, viscera magnarum domuum dominique futuri. ingenium velox, audacia perdita, setmo promptus et Isaeo torrentior. ede quid ilium esse putes. quemvis hominem secum attulit ad nos : 75 grammaticus rhetor geometres pictor aliptes augur schoenobates medicus magus, omnia novit Graeculus esuriens; in caelum, iusseris, ibit.
Page 85 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 281 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light thro' chinks that time has made: Stronger by weakness wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home : I0 Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Page 142 - He was permitted to dine, with the family; but he was expected to content himself with the plainest fare. He might fill himself with the corned beef and the carrots : but, as soon as the tarts and cheesecakes made their appearance, he quitted his seat, and stood aloof till he was summoned to return thanks for the repast, from a great part of which he had been excluded...
Page 298 - Johnson himself (The Vanity of Human Wishes) : His fate was destined to a barren strand, A -petty fortress, and a dubious hand} He left a name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 135 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.