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... verse of our collection , as a shorter and more convenient method than the full reference to book , epigram , and verse , except in the tolerably numerous cases where epigrams not in our series are referred to or cited for the sake of ...
... verse of our collection , as a shorter and more convenient method than the full reference to book , epigram , and verse , except in the tolerably numerous cases where epigrams not in our series are referred to or cited for the sake of ...
Page viii
... verse - writing is to hold its place in schools , no model can be found superior in elegance and versatility to Martial . Although fun is his liking , pathos is his forte . Many of his epigrams breathe the most exquisite tones of ...
... verse - writing is to hold its place in schools , no model can be found superior in elegance and versatility to Martial . Although fun is his liking , pathos is his forte . Many of his epigrams breathe the most exquisite tones of ...
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... verses of others . This the poet charges 9 one Fidentinus with doing ( i . 29 ) : — ' Fama refert nostros te , Fidentine , libellos Non aliter populo quam recitare tuos . Si mea vis dici , gratis tibi carmina mittam ; Si dici tua vis ...
... verses of others . This the poet charges 9 one Fidentinus with doing ( i . 29 ) : — ' Fama refert nostros te , Fidentine , libellos Non aliter populo quam recitare tuos . Si mea vis dici , gratis tibi carmina mittam ; Si dici tua vis ...
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... verse into Latium . On the con- trary , he preferred to follow Catullus , Marsus , and Pcdo Albinovanus : ' Sit locus et nostris aliqua tibi parte libellis , Qua Pedo , qua Marsus , quaque Catullus erit , ' he says ( Ep . 216 ) in ...
... verse into Latium . On the con- trary , he preferred to follow Catullus , Marsus , and Pcdo Albinovanus : ' Sit locus et nostris aliqua tibi parte libellis , Qua Pedo , qua Marsus , quaque Catullus erit , ' he says ( Ep . 216 ) in ...
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... verses from book x . 19 ( Ep . 522. 12-21 ) , and concludes with these re- markable words : ' What can be given to a man greater than glory , praise , and eternity ? Perhaps , however , his writings will not last for ever . Perhaps they ...
... verses from book x . 19 ( Ep . 522. 12-21 ) , and concludes with these re- markable words : ' What can be given to a man greater than glory , praise , and eternity ? Perhaps , however , his writings will not last for ever . Perhaps they ...
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Epigrammata Selecta: Select Epigrams from Martial: Grammar School Classics Martial No preview available - 2018 |
Epigrammata Selecta: Select Epigrams from Martial Martial,Frederic Apthorp Paley No preview available - 2016 |
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allusion aqua atque Baiae Becker Caeciliane Caesar called carmina Catullus cena centum client Compare Ep consul dedit Dict dinner domini Domitian domus epigram Epist eques erat erit fama fuit Gallus habet haec hinc Hunc illa ille ipse ista Jupiter lacerna Latia libellos licet magis manus Martial says means mensa mihi modo munera nasum Nero Nerva nihil nisi nobis nomen nulla nunc omnes opus Ovid patron perhaps Pliny poet poeta potes potest Propert puella puer quae quam quid quis quod quoque rich Roma Roman Rome saepe Saturnalia seems semper sense sestertii sibi slaves sportula Subura Suet sunt tamen temple thermas tibi Tibur toga tota trita tuis turba umbra unda urbe venit verna verses viii Virg voltus wine
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Page 240 - Lucilius, hosce secutus Mutatis tantum pedibus numerisque, facetus, Emunctae naris, durus componere versus. Nam fuit hoc vitiosus : in hora saepe ducentos, Ut magnum, versus dictabat stans pede in uno.
Page 379 - Mart, also cheered the greens xI 33 saepius ad palmam prasinus post fata Neronis \ pervenit et victor praemia plura refert. \ i nunc, livor edax, die te cessisse Neroni ; \ vicit nimirum non Nero, sed prasinus.
Page 100 - Bellus homo est, flexos qui digerit ordine crines : Balsama qui semper, cinnama semper olet : Cantica qui Nili, qui Gaditana susurrat : Qui movet in varios brachia volsa modos : Inter femineas tota qui luce cathedras Desidet, atque aliqua semper in aure sonat : Qui legit hinc illinc missas, scribitque tabellas : Pallia vicini qui refugit cubiti : Qui scit, quam quis amet, qui per convivia currit : Hirpini veteres qui bene novit avos.
Page 179 - Lucrina voras, me pascit aquosa peloris: non minus ingenua est et mihi, Marce, gula. te Cadmea Tyros, me pinguis Gallia vestit: vis te purpureum, Marce, sagatus amem? ut praestem Pyladen, aliquis mihi praestet Oresten.
Page 375 - DONASTI, Lupe, rus sub urbe nobis; sed rus est mihi maius in fenestra. rus hoc dicere, rus potes vocare? in quo ruta facit nemus Dianae...
Page 347 - LIX CONSUMPTA est uno si lemmate pagina, transis, et breviora tibi, non meliora, placent. dives et ex omni posita est instructa macello cena tibi, sed te mattea sola iuvat. non opus est nobis nimium lectore guloso ; 5 hunc volo, non fiat qui sine pane satur.
Page 144 - Hic est,' quodque cinis paucis hoc mihi vita dedit. at tua centenis incumbunt tecta columnis 5 et libertinas arca flagellat opes, magnaque Niliacae servit tibi gleba Syenes tondet et innumeros Gallica Parma greges. hoc ego tuque sumus : sed quod sum non potes esse : tu quod es e populo quilibet esse potest.
Page 156 - Impletura fuit sextae modo frigora brumae, 5 vixisset totidem ni minus illa dies. Inter tam veteres ludat lasciva patronos et nomen blaeso garriat ore meum. Mollia non rigidus caespes tegat ossn, nee illi, terra, gravis fueris: non fuit illa tibi.
Page 27 - Praeter aquas Helicon et serta lyrasque dearum Nil habet et magnum, sed perinane sophos.
Page 39 - ISSA est passere nequior Catulli, Issa est purior osculo columbae, Issa est blandior omnibus puellis, Issa est carior Indicis lapillis, Issa est deliciae catella Publi.