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A quotation from Vergil's Aeneid, Book 4, 175, which in the original context refers to Pheme. Motto on the Coat of arms of Melbourne: virgo intacta: a female whose hymen is unbroken, had never sexual intercourse, a maiden, a virgin viribus unitis: with united forces: Motto of the house of Habsburg-Lorraine: virile agitur: the manly thing is ...
Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Map of Aeneas' fictional journey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenēĭs [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Virgil, Aeneid, Book 1, Line 203 fortes fortuna adiuvat: Fortune favors the brave or Fortune favors the strong: From Terence's comedy play Phormio, line 203. Also spelled fortis fortuna adiuvat. The motto of HMS Brave and USS Florida. fortes fortuna iuvat: Fortune favors the brave: From the letters of Pliny the Younger, Book 6, Letter 16.
Caesar's Gallic War. Book 1: Chapters 1–7; Book 4: Chapters 24–35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Eodem die legati [...] venerunt.) Book 5: Chapters 24–48; Book 6: Chapters 13–20; Also, there is a change to the required readings in English. The new list from the Aeneid is books 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12, instead of all twelve books ...
Under the inspiration drawn from the book series specializing in publishing classical texts exclusively in the original languages, such as the Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849 or the Oxford Classical Texts book series, founded in 1894, [2] the Loeb Classical Library was conceived and initially funded by the Jewish-German-American banker and philanthropist James Loeb (1867–1933).
The Aeneid was written during a period of political unrest in Rome. The Roman republic had effectively been abolished, and Octavian (Augustus Caesar) had taken over as the leader of the new Roman empire. The Aeneid was written to praise Augustus by drawing parallels between him and the protagonist, Aeneas. Virgil does so by mirroring Caesar ...
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Written on an old Latin tablet in downtown Verona (Italy). pede poena claudo: punishment comes limping: That is, retribution comes slowly but surely. From Horace, Odes, 3, 2, 32. pendent opera interrupta: the works hang interrupted: From the Aeneid of Virgil, Book IV per: By, through, by means of: See specific phrases below per angusta ad augusta