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  • ...poem, written in [[heroic couplet]]s, is loosely based on [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Georgics]]'', yet attains a [[Horace|Horatian]] [[satire|satirical]] manner. ...a day and night. It pretends to utmost seriousness in advising the reader on: ...
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  • ...nastery of Saint-Martin|manuscript(s)=MSCod.Vat. lat. 3225|sources=Aeneid, Georgics}} ...d manuscript]] containing fragments of [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]'' and ''[[Georgics]]''. It was made in [[Rome]] in around 400 CE,<ref name="ingo2">Ingo F. Wal ...
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  • ...d in the fortress of [[Bad Urach|Hohenurach]], near [[Reutlingen]], where, on the night of 29 November 1590, he was killed by a fall in attempting to let ...tions to the scholarship of his time. There is no collected edition of his works, but his ''Opera poetica'' were published twelve times between 1535 and 163 ...
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  • Several poetical works on various subjects, as well as a number of prose epistles, are attributed to ...ena'' ("Appearances"), consists of 732 verses; the second, ''Diosemeia'' ("On Weather Signs"), of 422 verses. ...
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  • ...Zinovieff]]. It was premiered in London at the [[English National Opera]] on 21 May 1986 to great critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |publisher = What's On Stage ...
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  • ...pt]] of the works of [[Virgil]]. It contains the ''[[Aeneid]]'', the ''[[Georgics]]'', and some of the ''[[Eclogues]]''. It is one of the oldest and most im The first artist painted a single miniature on folio 1 recto, an illustration for the First Eclogue. In it a cowherd, Tit ...
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  • ...atin poet [[Virgil]], likely published in 29 BCE.<ref>Thomas, Richard F. ''Georgics Vol.I: Books I–II.'' Cambridge, 1988. I.</ref> As the name suggests (from t ...iews/georgics-by-virgil-translated-by-kimberly-johnson-1857698.html |title=Georgics, By Virgil, translated by Kimberly Johnson |last=Tonkin |first=Boyd |newspa ...
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  • ...n 1789, he published translations of [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Eclogues]]'' and ''[[Georgics]]''. In 1793, his translation of Homer's ''Iliad'' appeared, along with the ...poetry to the expression of modern German thought and sentiment. The later works ''Wie ward Fritz Stolberg ein Unfreier'' (1819) and ''Antisymbolik'' (2 vol ...
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  • ...ntos of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]'' and the first book of [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Georgics]]'', twelve [[Petrarch]]ian [[sonnet]]s, three [[Horace|Horacian]] [[ode]]s ...{{lang|frm|Dialoguɇ Dɇ l’Ortografɇ e Prononciation Françoęſɇ}} ("Dialogue on French spelling and pronunciation"),<ref>{{cite book ...
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  • ...store in 1713 and received a printer's charter in 1754, publishing notable works like the "Histoire des voyages." His son, François-Ambroise Didot, succeede ...he third generation included Pierre Didot and Firmin Didot; Pierre focused on producing sophisticated, collectible books with contributions from contempo ...
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  • ...a, Calypso, Eudora, Tyche, Amphirho, Ocyrrhoe, and Styx.</ref> Hesiod goes on to say that these "are the eldest ... but there are many besides" and that | || || || ||<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 3.242 ([https://archive.org/s ...
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  • ...were first established in the 8th century BC. The reformed cult was based on the Greek, women-only [[Thesmophoria]], and was promoted as [[Mos maiorum|m ...r eventual but temporary restoration to the world above are the subject of works in [[Roman art|Roman]] and later art and literature. In particular, her sei ...
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  • ...mired, Carie Day and Mistress Damascene Awdley. These verses show a debate on if marriage has the desired result that is wanted.{{sfn|Brennan|2004}} ...n his ''Eglogs, Epythaphes, and Sonettes'' (1563), included ''An Epytaphes on the Death of Nicholas Grimaold'', which was written before Googe's departur ...
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  • ...o the role properly allotted to it."<ref>{{cite book|author=Horace|chapter=On the Art of Poetry|translator-first=T.S.|translator-last=Dorsch|title=Aristo ...Modeled on [[Virgil]]'s three-part literary career (''[[Bucolics]]'', ''[[Georgics]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]''), ancient, medieval, and Renaissance theorists often li ...
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  • | notable_works = ''[[Eclogues]]'' <br/> ''[[Georgics]]'' <br/> ''[[Aeneid]]'' ...s in [[Latin literature]]: the ''[[Eclogues]]'' (or ''Bucolics''), the ''[[Georgics]]'', and the [[Epic poetry|epic]] ''[[Aeneid]]''. Some minor poems, collect ...
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  • ...um4/simpson.html |first1=Chris J. |last1=Simpson |title=Two Small Thoughts on 'Cilnius Maecenas' |date=1996 |work=Arachnion |archive-url=https://web.arch ...father of the future emperor [[Nerva]] – are described as having been sent on an important mission, and they were successful in patching up, by the [[Tre ...
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  • ...stract.html?res=FA0A10F73F58107A93CBA81782D85F428385F9& "Assail Dr. Lowell on Sacco Decision," Sept. 19, 1936], accessed Dec. 28, 2009; see also Barry We ...]]. Newton addressed him as "Precious Spooky" in amorous letters that went on to discuss literary matters.<ref name=mcgrath/> In 1948 Capote dedicated hi ...
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  • ...ort life, his career was highly influential, especially through its impact on [[Robert Burns]]. He wrote both [[Scottish English]] and the [[Scots langua ...extant poem, also written at this time, is a satirical [[elegy]] in Scots on the death of [[David Gregory (mathematician)|David Gregory]], one of the un ...
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  • ==Works== ...rs]]. The Municipal Library in Poitiers houses an 11th-century manuscript on the life of Radegunde, copied from a 6th-century account by Fortunatus. ...
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  • ...tps://www.google.com.br/books/edition/On_Weather_Signs/bNas2p8fJFAC |title=On Weather Signs |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-15593-0 |pages=21 ...'s sons}}</ref> It is probable that Varro was discontented with the course on which Pompey entered when the [[First Triumvirate]] formed {{circa}} 60 BC, ...
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