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... Latium , where the Fates Hold out a settlement and rest for us . Troy's kingdom there shall rise again . Be patient : Save yourselves for more auspicious days . " So ran the speech . Burdened and sick at heart , He feigned hope in his ...
... Latium , where the Fates Hold out a settlement and rest for us . Troy's kingdom there shall rise again . Be patient : Save yourselves for more auspicious days . " So ran the speech . Burdened and sick at heart , He feigned hope in his ...
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... Latium ( 6.89–90 ; 135–36 ) . This must be Turnus , and we may come to expect in the second half of the poem one of those neat reversals where the slayer is finally slain in his turn . That tidy resolution would have the perfection of ...
... Latium ( 6.89–90 ; 135–36 ) . This must be Turnus , and we may come to expect in the second half of the poem one of those neat reversals where the slayer is finally slain in his turn . That tidy resolution would have the perfection of ...
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... Latium , as Vergil tells us in his eighth book ( 319–23 ; 423–29 ) , derives from the Latin verb latere , “ to lie hidden , " and whether this is a true or false etymology matters little . The preeminent city of the region may still in ...
... Latium , as Vergil tells us in his eighth book ( 319–23 ; 423–29 ) , derives from the Latin verb latere , “ to lie hidden , " and whether this is a true or false etymology matters little . The preeminent city of the region may still in ...
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The Easy Descent from Avernus | 17 |
Language and History | 57 |
Traditions and the Individual Talent | 118 |
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