 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 - Seite 12von Virgil - 1763Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Virgil, Christopher Pitt, Joseph Warton - 1763 - 372 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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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