Greek Life and Thought: From the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest |
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Page 145 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 576 - quis et me," inquit, " miseram et te perdidit, Orpheu, quis tantus furor ? en iterum crudelia retro fata vocant conditque natantia lumina somnus. iamque vale : feror ingenti circumdata nocte invalidasque tibi tendens, heu non tua, palmas...
Page 577 - Bacchi discerptum latos iuvenem sparsere per agros. turn quoque marmorea caput a cervice revulsum gurgite cum medio portans Oeagrius Hebrus volveret, Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua 525 a, miseram Eurydicen anima fugiente vocabat, Eurydicen toto referebant flumine ripae.
Page 428 - In the reign of the young (Ptolemy) successor to his father, the lord of crowns, the glorious, that has established Egypt, and is pious towards the gods, superior to his adversaries, that has set up the life of men, the lord of periods, like Hephaestus the Great, like the Sun, the great king of the upper and lower country, offspring of the gods Philopators, whom Hephaestus has approved, to whom the Sun has given the victory, the living image of Zeus, son of the Sun, Ptolemy, the everliving, beloved...
Page 576 - Strymonis undam flesse sibi et gelidis haec evolvisse sub antris mulcentem tigris et agentem carmine quercus ; 510 qualis populea maerens philomela sub umbra amissos queritur fetus, quos durus arator observans nido implumis detraxit ; at illa flet noctem, ramoque sedens miserabile carmen integrat, et maestis late loca questibus implet.
Page 576 - Ixionii vento rota constitit orbis. lamque pedem referens casus evaserat omnis, 485 redditaque Eurydice superas veniebat ad auras pone sequens - namque hanc dederat Proserpina legem cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem ignoscenda quidem, scirent si ignoscere manes: restitit Eurydicenque suam iam luce sub ipsa 490 immemor heu victusque animi respexit. ibi omnis effusus labor atque immitis rupta tyranni foedera terque fragor stagnis auditus Avernis. illa 'quis et me...
Page 299 - But, when the fortunes of her father changed, she changed too. She joined her husband, as a suppliant ; and was found sitting by him with great marks of tenderness, and her two children, one On each side, at her feet. The whole company were much struck at the sight, and could not refrain from tears when they considered her goodness of heart, and uncommon strength of affection.
Page 575 - Rhodopeiae arces altaque Pangaea et Rhesi Mavortia tellus atque Getae atque Hebrus et Actias Orithyia. Ipse cava solans aegrum testudine amorem te, dulcis coniunx, te solo in litore secum, 465 te veniente die, te decedente canebat. Taenarias etiam fauces, alta ostia Ditis, et caligantem nigra formidine lucum ingressus Manesque adiit regemque tremendum nesciaque humanis precibus mansuescere corda.
Page 573 - ... ponti incipiunt agitata tumescere et aridus altis montibus audiri fragor aut resonantia longe litora misceri et nemorum increbrescere murmur.
Page 24 - ... occupied the throne. That Alexander exerted his supreme authority over all his subjects is quite certain. And yet in this he differed absolutely from a tyrant, such as the Greeks knew, that he called together his peers and asked them to pass legal sentence upon a subject charged with grave offenses against the crown. No Greek tyrant ever could do this, for he had around him no halo of legitimacy, and, moreover, he permitted no order of nobility among his subjects. It appears that for a long time...