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Excerpt from Aeneid, Book VII: A Vocabulary and Test Papers by Tutors of University Correspondence CollegeHomer - Iliad, Book 6. Iliad, Book 24. Odyssey, Books 9, 10. Odyssey, Books 11, 12. Odyssey, Books 13, ll. Odyssey, Book 17.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-...

Excerpt from P. Vergili Maronis Opera, Vol. 2: Notes I4, 15. Namque, unusually late in the sentence cp. Aen. V. 7 3 3, and (on one interpretation) x. 614. Livy and later prose writers sometimes place it second in a clause, 'nam' always comes first. Conixa, i.q. 'enixa, ' 'having brought forth, ' Aen. Iii. 327. Silice in nuda, 'on the bare hard road (which was paved 'with silex). Silex in prose always masc. In poetry common. About the Publish...

Excerpt from Virgil's Aeneid, Vol. 1: With Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary IN a school edition of Virgil such as this, little claim can be laid to originality of matter in the notes or introduction. The only justification for adding one more to the long line of editions of Virgil is the belief that in the arrangement or presentation of matter the needs of a particular class of students can be more fully met than they are by any other editi...

Excerpt from Virgil's Aeneid, Vol. 3: With Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary Long ago, before the time when Saul was king over Israel, it is said that a ten year's war was waged, in which the Greeks sought to take the city of Troy. Troy was situated in the north-western corner Of Asia Minor, at the foot of Mount Ida, and was inhabited by a people connected with the Phrygians of Asia Minor, under the rule of a family of kings descended from T...

Excerpt from Bucolics and Georgics: Edited With Introduction and Notes The text of this edition (as of the former edition published by the Clarendon Press in 1882) is based upon that of Ribbeck with certain modifications, particularly in matters of orthography. No attempt is made to reproduce the variety of spelling found in the best mss. - e. G. E'nye'us, impras, navz's (n. Plur.) nerves, lemma 1am°ma, volnus minus, vortex vertex, Iz'nquont ...

Excerpt from Aeneid, Book I., 1-510 But when nothing seemed to bring them success, the Greeks tried stratagem, and pretended to sail away homewards, leaving a huge wooden horse as an offering to Minerva. This the Trojans drew, rejoicing, within their walls, but within it were! Concealed many of the bravest Greeks, who issued from the horse by night, seized the gates and, aided by the other Greeks, who had returned in the ¿eet, took the city a...

Excerpt from Vergil's Aeneid, Book I: With Introductory Notices, Notes and Complete Vocabulary, for the Use of Classes Reading for Second Class Certificates and for University MatriculationThe present edition is designed to meet the wants of students reading for Second Class Certificates and University Pass Matriculation. The notes have been purposely made copious and full. Ten it is remem bered that Vergil is usually put into the hands of a s...

Excerpt from Aeneid I, Vol. 1: Introduction and Text Sketch of Virgil's life - Origin and design of the Aeneid as a national epic. - Its twofold object. - Pervading idea of destiny, as shown in the First Book - Legends of Aeneas and the Trojans in Homer and early traditions - General summary of the Aeneid. - Virgil's journey to Greece and premature death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classi...

Excerpt from P. Vergili Maronis Georgicon, Vol. 4: Edited for the Use of Schools, With Vocabulary NO one can edit this Book of the Georgics without some feeling of wonder that it is not more frequently read in comparatively low forms. The first half is perfect in style, most interesting in matter, and, with the exception of a few lines, extremely simple. In the second half the story of Aristaeus, although out of proportion to the size of the ...

Excerpt from Six Books Of The Æneid Of Virgil: With Explanatory Notes And Vocabulary I congratulate those who shall study this volume upon their introduction to one of the most charming of poete, who wìll delight them in their youth, and still more, if possible, when they read him anew in after-days. Let them dwell long and lovingly upon his graceful verses, committing some of hìs choicest passages to memory, and they will find on every perus...