Selections from the Roman elegaic poets; with introduction and notes - Tapa blanda

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ... be accounted for by the fact that the absence of these names made it desirable to put the poem in a less prominent place. A summons to war, which he is obliged to obey, arouses the following soliloquy. 'Cursed be the inventor of the sword and cursed may we be for using it amiss (1-12). Now I, too, must wage war. Protect me, Lares, as in the days of old (13-28). What madness it is to court death in war! (29-38). Far better peace and old age (39-44). Blessed peace! What the world owes to her! (45-50). But in love also let peace rule' (51-68). 1. Quis: the Greeks and Romans regarded every step in civilization, every innovation, as the invention of some individual, divine or human, whose name in many cases was handed down by tradition. Hence the greac number of inventions ascribed to the gods and heroes. Cf. Prop. 1, 17, 13; 11, 6, 31; 11, 12, 1; Hor., C, 1, 3, 9. 2. ferreus: a favorite word with Tibullus. Cf. 1, 2, 65; 11, 3, 2. 35. It is especially appropriate here; the inventor's heart is a piece of the same metal he made his sword from. The play on ferns is probably unintentional. 4. brevior: cf. I, 3, 50, and Prop, m, 7, 2: itimaturum mortis iter. See Note on 1, 3, 50. 7. divitis auri: the gold, which makes rich, is called rich. See Note on 11, 6, 19. 10. dux gregis: here the shepherd, more often the ram; so Ovid, M., Vi1, 311. 11. foret: a case of the extremely rare use of the Impf. Subjv. of the Unreal Wish of the Past; see G. 261, N. 2. 13. trahor: the termination recovers its original length in the principal caesura. 15. patrii Lares: the Lar and the Penates are included together under the term Lares. Sefc Note on 1, 1, 20. 16. oursarem: the frequentative well expresses a small boy's restless activity. 23. voti... compos: having obtained what he praye...

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