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... says that he remembers having lived in the bodies of a peacock ( fr . ix ) and various authors , and is now in Ennius ( cf. O. Skutch , The Annals of Q. Ennius 150-53 , 164-65 ) . The point of the reference is to suggest that Scipio ...
... says that he remembers having lived in the bodies of a peacock ( fr . ix ) and various authors , and is now in Ennius ( cf. O. Skutch , The Annals of Q. Ennius 150-53 , 164-65 ) . The point of the reference is to suggest that Scipio ...
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... say many things ” = “ to make a long story short . " dictator : " as dictator . " rem publicam constituas oportet ... says Sempronia was a singularly unattractive woman who bore him neither child nor affection , and he entertains the ...
... say many things ” = “ to make a long story short . " dictator : " as dictator . " rem publicam constituas oportet ... says Sempronia was a singularly unattractive woman who bore him neither child nor affection , and he entertains the ...
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... says that Parmenides originated this conception ( Strabo 2.2.2 ) : A B C D The known world lies within B , including Europe , ( North ) Africa and ( West ) Asia ( see De natura deorum 2.165 ) . A and E , the poles , are frozen waste . C ...
... says that Parmenides originated this conception ( Strabo 2.2.2 ) : A B C D The known world lies within B , including Europe , ( North ) Africa and ( West ) Asia ( see De natura deorum 2.165 ) . A and E , the poles , are frozen waste . C ...
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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