 Orpheus is said to go to hell by the power of his harp: that is, in quality of lawgiver; the harp being the known symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous people. So again, in the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history,...  Works: In English Verse - Página 12por Virgil - 1763Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763 - 372 páginas
...Threiciafretus cithara, fidilufque canons : That is, in quality of lawgiver ; the harp being the known fymbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...recorded together. For we are told, that they were in facl initiated into the Eleiifinian myfteries ; and that it wasjuft before their defcent into hell,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1766 - 476 páginas
...fretus cithara, fidibusque canoris : that is, in quality of Lawgiver ; the harp being the known fymbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...recorded together. For we are told, that they were in fact initiated into the Eleufinian Myflerles ; and that it was iuft before their defcent into Hell,... | |
 | Virgil - 1778 - 478 páginas
...fretus cithara, fidibufque canoris: That is, in quality of lawgiver ; the harp being the known fymbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...recorded together. For we are told, that they were in fadl: initiated into the Eleufinian myfteries ; and that it was juft before their defcent into hell,... | |
 | William Warburton - 1788 - 492 páginas
...fretus cithara, fidibufque canoris : that is, in quality of Lawgiver ; the harp being the known fymbol " of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...recorded together. For we are told, that they were in fact initiated into the Eleujinian. Myjieries ; .and that it was juft before their defcent into Hell,... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 408 páginas
...the end of this Book. t . ... .that that is, in quality of Lawgiver; the harp being the known symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history, and the fable founded on it, blended and recorded together. For we are told, that they were... | |
 | William Warburton - 1811 - 408 páginas
...note [Y] at the end of this Book. that is, in quality of Lawgiver; the harp being the known symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history, and the fable founded on it, blended and recorded together. For we are told, that they were... | |
 | William Warburton, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 418 páginas
...rude and barbarous people. So again, in the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history, and the fable founded on it, blended and recorded together. For we are told, that they were in fact initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries ; and that it was just before their descent into Hell,... | |
 | Allatson Burgh - 1814 - 526 páginas
...patriarch is justly entitled to the gratitude of mankind. The harp, or lyre, was the acknowledged symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous people. Virgil, who was a philosopher as well as a poet, bestows the first place in his Elysium upon legislators,... | |
 | Philip Wentworth Buckham - 1825 - 332 páginas
...canoris:" Which plainly declares it to be in quality of Legislator: the Harp being the known symbol of his Laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous people. Again, in the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true History, and the Fable founded on it,... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 432 páginas
...to hell by the power of his harp: that is, in quality of lawgiver; the harp being the known symbol of his laws, by which he humanized a rude and barbarous...the lives of Hercules and Bacchus, we have the true history, and the fable founded on it, blended and recorded together. For we are told, that they were... | |
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