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AlexandreAnother Posted 17 years ago
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Aeneid
I sing of arms and the man, he who, exiled by fate,
first came from the coast of Troy to Italy, and to
Lavinian shores - hurled about endlessly by land and sea,
by the will of the gods, by cruel Juno's remorseless anger,
long suffering also in war, until he founded a city
"hurled about endlessly by land and sea long suffering also in war?"
by that does he mean:
ran fast nearly endlessly near land and sea long and also suffering from war being involved in it?
Thank you. I just started and already have trouble understanding the first passage.
first came from the coast of Troy to Italy, and to
Lavinian shores - hurled about endlessly by land and sea,
by the will of the gods, by cruel Juno's remorseless anger,
long suffering also in war, until he founded a city
"hurled about endlessly by land and sea long suffering also in war?"
by that does he mean:
ran fast nearly endlessly near land and sea long and also suffering from war being involved in it?
Thank you. I just started and already have trouble understanding the first passage.
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AlexandreAnother: Back in those days, travel was more precarious than today. You just didn't get on a cruise ship and go from point a to point b. Many sailing ships were blown off course by storms (attirbuted to the angry gods).
- AlexandreAnother: Back in those days, travel was more precarious than today.
- You just didn't get on a cruise ship and go from point a to point b.
- Many sailing ships were blown off course by storms (attirbuted to the angry gods).
- Travel on land was not much better.
- You had to make friends with hostile natives.
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AlexandreAnother:
Back in those days, travel was more precarious than today. You just didn't get on a cruise ship and go from point a to point b.
Many sailing ships were blown off course by storms (attirbuted to the angry gods). Travel on land was not much better. You had to make friends with hostile natives.
The travels of Aeneas started after the great war at Troy (
Back in those days, travel was more precarious than today. You just didn't get on a cruise ship and go from point a to point b.
Many sailing ships were blown off course by storms (attirbuted to the angry gods). Travel on land was not much better. You had to make friends with hostile natives.
The travels of Aeneas started after the great war at Troy (
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AlexandreAnotherI sing of arms and the man, he who, exiled by fate,
first came from the coast of Troy to Italy, and to
Lavinian shores - hurled about endlessly by land and sea,
by the will of the gods, by cruel Juno's remorseless anger,
long suffering also in war, until he founded a city
"hurled about endlessly by land and sea long su
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