Classical Studies 3151F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Asiatic Style, Octavians, Denarius
20 Oct 2018
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In the face of the dux neptunius and the powerful combination of hercules and. Lecture: virgil writing after the actium represented the battle as a clash between the divine powers of the east and the west. In the centre could be seen bronze ships the battle of actium; you could see all leucate aglow with. Lecture: aeneid 8. 685 693, hinc ope barbarica variisque antonius armis, victor ab aurorae populis et litore rubro, Bactra vehit, sequiturque (nefas) aegyptia coniunx. una omnes ruere ac totum spumare reductis convulsum remis rostrisque tridentibus aequor. alta petunt; pelago credas innare revulsas. Bactra; and there follows him (oh the shame of it!) his egyptian wife. All rush on at once, and the whole sea foams, torn up by the sweeping oars and triple-pointed beaks. In the midst the queen calls upon her hosts with their native sistrum; not yet does she cast back a glance at the twin snakes behind.
