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... Earthly existence is the illusion ; only life in the heavens is real . Quin tu aspicis : “ Why don't you look ? " ; quin gives questions the force of exhortations . Paulum patrem : This scene , even more than Odyssey 11 , is the ...
... Earthly existence is the illusion ; only life in the heavens is real . Quin tu aspicis : “ Why don't you look ? " ; quin gives questions the force of exhortations . Paulum patrem : This scene , even more than Odyssey 11 , is the ...
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... earthly world , where one may suffer and fail , but in the heavenly " community " ( or " communion " ) of gods and men , as long as one acts virtuously , one succeeds and lives the divine life ( 67K - S ) . Cicero later speaks of the ...
... earthly world , where one may suffer and fail , but in the heavenly " community " ( or " communion " ) of gods and men , as long as one acts virtuously , one succeeds and lives the divine life ( 67K - S ) . Cicero later speaks of the ...
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... earthly ( see on coetum , 16.8 ) . Aemilianus has lost his hope of great fame because of the vastness of heaven . Africanus suggests that he ought to be depressed over the confines of earthly existence , and live instead as an equal in ...
... earthly ( see on coetum , 16.8 ) . Aemilianus has lost his hope of great fame because of the vastness of heaven . Africanus suggests that he ought to be depressed over the confines of earthly existence , and live instead as an equal in ...
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ablative absolute adjective adverb Aemilius Paulus Aeneid alte spectare animi animus antecedent asyndeton atque autem Burkert caelum Carthage Cicero coetum cognomen complexus complexus...collacrimavit connecting relative consul cuius dative deorum deus dialogue dicitur divine domum Dream of Scipio earth earthly eius eminebit foras enim Ennius ex quo genitive Gracchan grandfather Greek habeto hanc heaven heavenly hominum hunc illum immortal indirect statement inquit ipsum Laelius locum Macrobius Masinissa mihi modifies motus multam Myth of Er natura nihil nominative noun Numantia Numidia numquam omnia orbit participle patria person singular Phaedo planets Plato's political potest predicate principium publica quae quam quibus quid quin quod relative clause Roman Rome Scipio Aemilianus Scipio Africanus scitis Somnium Scipionis somno soul spheres Stoic subjunctive sunt tamen templum terra terris Tiberius Gracchus tibi Timaeus translated Tusculan Disputations universe verb Vergil vero vides virtue vobis world-soul Zetzel