Calendar: 1888-1889 Page 731
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GENERAL LITERATURE DEPARTMENT 723 At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris Ora exsertantem et navis in saxa trahentem Prima hominis facies et pulcbro pectore virgo Pube tenus postrema inmani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero conmissa luporum Praestat Trinacrii metas lustrare Paebyni Cessantem longos et circumflectere cursus Qaam semel informem vasto vidisse sab antra Scyllam et caeruleis canibus resonantia saxa Aeneid in 420-432 Translate with comments on the words in italics Hie Dolopum manus hie saevus tendebat Achilles His lacrymis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro Nos delubra Deum miseri quibus ultimus esset Ille dies festa velamus fronde per urbem Sensit medios delapsus in hostes Hie confixum ferrea texit Teloram seges et jaculis increcit acutis Ast ubi digressum Siculae te admoverit orae Ventus et angusti rarescent claustra Pelori Fert picluratas auri subtemine vestes Et Phrygiam Ascanio chlamydem nec cedit honori Contra jussa monent Heleni Scyllam atque Charybdiin Inter utramque viam leti discrimine parvo Ni teneant cursus Comment on Vergil's use of the words adeo-improbus -adolere-libare-lentus instaurare and illustrate from these books his fondness for descriptions of scenery -Subcnal Translate with brief marginal notes Quis timet aut timuit gelida Praeneste ruinam Aut positis nemorosa inter juga Volsiniis aut Simplicibus Gabiis aut proni Tiburis arce Nos urbem colimus tenui tibicine fultam Magna parte sui nam sic labentibus obstat ζ ζ
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