The Fusion of Stylistic Elements in Vergil's Georgics, Volume 472the author, 1913 - 93 pages |
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adjective Aeneid aequor Aeschylus aestas Alexandrian alliteration alliterative alliterative pairs allusions alta Anhang Aristaeus arrangement assonance atque Bacchus bees Caesar's caesura Catullus charm close Compare contrast densa echo effect Empedocles Ennius etiam euphonic euphonic devices farmer flumina frequent geographical geographical references Georgics gives Greek Henri Weil hexameter Horace horse Hypanis Idalium idea illa ingenti interlocked order ipsa ipse labor laeta laeti Latin less light vowels literature litora Lucretius means mind names nature neque Norden noted noun noun and adjective noun and attribute nunc occur Odes omnia onomatopoetic opening Orcus Orpheus passage pause picture placing of words Plautus poem poet poetry position preceding verse Propertius prose quae quaeque quibus references repetition rhetorical rhyme rhythm Roman ruit saepe Scythians shows signa sound story striking stylistic substantive Symplegades tendency tenuis thought tibi touch usus verb Vergil verse-end word order
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Page 73 - Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, 465 nec casia liquidi corrumpitur usus olivi: at secura quies et nescia fallere vita, dives opum variarum, at latis otia fundis (speluncae vivique lacus...
Page 73 - Assyrio fucatur lana veneno, nec casia liquidi corrumpitur usus olivi ; at secura quies et nescia fallere vita, dives opum variarum, at latis otia fundis, speluncae, vivique lacus, et frigida Tempe, mugitusque boum, mollesque sub arbore somni 470 non absunt ; illic saltus ac lustra ferarum, et patiens operum exiguoque adsueta iuventus, sacra deum, sanctique patres ; extrema per illos lustitia excedens terris vestigia fecit.
Page 67 - Scylla capillo :, 405 quacumque illa levem fugiens secat aethera pennis, ecce inimicus atrox magno stridore per auras insequitur Nisus; qua se fert Nisus ad auras, ilia levem fugiens raptim secat aethera pennis.
Page 27 - a horse black" be the arrangement, immediately on the utterance of the word "horse," there arises, or tends to arise, in the mind, a picture answering to that word; and as there has been nothing to indicate what kind of horse, any image of a horse suggests itself. Very likely, however, the image will be that of a brown horse, brown horses being the most familiar. The result is that when the word "black" is added, a check is given...
Page 30 - ... nec sum animi dubius, verbis ea vincere magnum quam sit, et angustis hunc addere rebus honorem...
Page 15 - ... subterlabentia muros. an mare quod supra memorem, quodque adluit infra ? anne lacus tantos ? te, Lari maxime, teque, fluctibus et fremitu adsurgens Benace marino ? an memorem portus Lucrinoque addita claustra atque indignatum magnis stridoribus aequor, lulia qua ponto longe sonat unda refuso Tyrrhenusque fretis immittitur aestus Avernis ? haec eadem argenti rivos aerisque metalla ostendit venis atque auro plurima fluxit.
Page 69 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Page 75 - Haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam et super arboribus, Caesar dum magnus ad altum fulminat Euphraten bello victorque volentis 560 per populos dat iura viamque adfectat Olympo. illo Vergilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope, studiis florentem ignobilis oti, carmina qui lusi pastorum audaxque iuventa, Tityre, te patulae cecini sub tegmine fagi.
Page 27 - black," indicating an abstract quality, arouses no definite idea. It simply prepares the mind for conceiving some object of that color; and the attention is kept suspended until that object is known.
Page 73 - At secura quies et nescia fallere vita, Dives opum variarum ; at latis otia fundis, Speluncae, vivique lacus ; at frigida Tempe, Mugitusque boum, mollesque sub arbore somni 470 Non absunt ; illic saltus ac lustra ferarum, Et patiens operum exiguoque adsueta juventus; Sacra deum, sanctique patres ; extrema per illos Justitia excedens terris vestigia fecit.