Similies in the Æneid

Similies.

ii. 75

ii..89

-Venus, to a Spartan maid,

tempeft

or Harpalyce

-The Tyrians building
Carthage, to bees

bull's

ii. 99

-Dido at her first appear-
ance, to Diana, with her
nymphs, on Eurotas' banks
or Cynthus' top
ii. 105
--Æneas, when he is beau-
tified for his firft interview
with Dido, to Parian mar-
ble, filver fet in gold, and
polished ivory
ii. 113
Laocoon's roaring, to a
ii. 153
-Eneas liftening to the
tumults of Troy when the
Greeks had fet fire to it, to
a fhepherd liftening to a
ii. 159
Eneas afes comparisons
too often, and
naturally, during his narra-
tion to Dido
-The Trojans compared to
hungry wolves
ii. 165
Greeks and Trojans mix-
ing in combat, to conflicting
winds and tempefts ii. 169
Pyrrhus, to a ferpent ii.
175

torrent

too un-

ii. 159, n.

-The fame fierce herò, to a
torrent

ii. 177
-The daughters of Priam,
to doves
ii. 179
-The ruin of Troy, to the
fall of an old mountain-ash

Eneas unmoved by Di-
do's prayers, to an oak on
the Alps
ii. 353

--Dido's diftraction, to that
of Pentheus and of Oreftes,
in Euripides ii. 355, .

ii. 189

-Cyclops compared to pines.
and oaks

-Dido in love,

wounded doe

-Æneas, to Apollo

-The confternation occa-
fioned by Dido's death, to
that which was felt at the
facking and burning Tyre
and Carthage
ii. 375
-The galleys in the games,
to a chariot-race
iii. 85

To the fmooth motion of
iii. 89

a dove
-The broken galley of Ser-
geftus, to a wounded snake

iii. 95

-Aceftes's arrow, to a fall-
iii. 115
ing ftar

-The evolutions of the
lufus Trojanus, to the wind-
ings of the Cretan laby-
rinth, and to the gambols of
dolphins

iN. 121

-The numberless ghosts
near Lethe, to bees in fum-

mer

Amata, to a top

iii. 213

...

111.

a

ii.

-Latinus, to an immove-
able rock

iii. 307

Eneas's wavering thoughts,
to the reflexion of fun-beams
in a moving water iii.

ii. 291

to

ii. 317

wife

iii. 385
Similies

Similies.

Turnus's march compared to the Nile and Ganges iv. 7,9 The fame hero, to a huniv. 11 gry wolf Euryalus killed, to a flower cut by a plough-share iv. 45 -Turnus feizing Lycus, to an eagle or wolf tearing a hare or lamb iv. 55

-A flight of arrows, to a ftormy shower of hail iv. 65 --Turnus's flow retreat, to that of a lion, closely purfued by the hunters iv. v.77 --Afcanius bare-headed, to a gem, and to ebony iv. 99 Eneas's fhield, to a blazing comet iv. III --A combat, to a tempeft iv. 117 -Pallas animating his troops, to a fhepherd firing

iv. 121

a forest -Æneas, to the giant Æ

iv. -Mezentius, to a rock iv. 147, 149

-To a boar

-To a lion

-To Orion

iv. 149

iv. 151

iv. 155

-Eneas, to a fwain fheltered from hail in a rock iv.

157 -Pallas dead, to a flower gathered

Similies. --Aruns, having flain Camilla, to a wolf escaping after having flain a heifer iv. 247

-Turnus, to a lion wounded iv. 281 -The fame hero, to a bull roaring for his rival iv.

iv. 179 -The murmurs of an affembly, to waters dafhing against rocks

iv. 199 Turnus, to a horfe breaking from the tall iv.

291 To the Thracian Mars

iv. 311 iv. 315

-To Boreas -Eneas returning to the battle, to a rifing tempeft iv. 323

Juturna, to a fwallow iv.

325 Eneas and Turnus, to flames and torrents iv. 329

The Latians befieged, to iv. 335

bees fmothered -Turnus returning to the battle, to a rock rolling down a precipice iv. 347

-Æneas, to the mountains Athos, Eryx, or Apennine iv. 345

-Æneas and Turnus fighting for Lavinia, to two bulls contending for a heifer iv.

347 Eneas purfuing Turnus, to a hound tracing the steps of a stag iv. 349

A fury fwiftly defcending, to a poisoned Parthian dart

iv.

359

-Turnus's ufelefs attempts, to a man trying to fly, or move in his fleep iv. 367

217

-Æneas's dart, to a ftone discharged from an engine iv. ib.

iv. 233

-Camilla's train, to the Amazons -Venulus feized by Tarchon, to a ferpent caught up by an eagle

iv. 241

255
Speeches in the Eclogues and
Georgics

A good poet fhọuld dif-
appear himself, and intro-
duce as many fpeeches as
poffible

i. 395

i. 18, 185

Speeches, of Ariftæus to hismo
ther Cyrene

1.53

Of Arethufa to Cyren
i. 375

Of Cyrene to her
nymphs, to admit Ariftaus
i. ib.

-Of Cyrene to Ariftæus
i. 379

-And the manner in which
he muft feize Proteus i.

ibid.

the Mantuan farmers i.

Virgil escaped

i. 171

III

ii. 113
Speeches

Speeches Dido's anfwer ii. 115 Venus to Cupid

119 -Of Eneas to Dido, defcribing the deftruction of Troy, and his adventures afterwards ii. 133, to 295 --Of Dido to her filter Anna ii. 311 -Anna's anfwer ii. 315 --Of Juno and Venus concerning a coalition of the Tyrians and Trojans ii. 321 Of Iarbas to Jupiter ii. 331 Of Jupiter to Mercury ii.

333 Of Mercury to Eneas, warning him to leave Carthage ii. 337 Of Dido to Æneas, expoftulating with him ii. 341

His anfwer ii. 343 -Of Dido upbraiding him

347

-Her foliloquy at midnight

-Of Æneas at the tomb of

Anchifes

-Endeavouring to

melt

him

ii. 35

ii. 361

iii. 275,

fail away

ii. 367

277

iii. 79

-Of Juno, at Trojans in Italy -Of the fame,

feeing the iii. 279

to

Alecto

iii. 283

Tyber, to iii. 349 prayer to

iii. 153

-Humane exclamation on the death of Palinurus

Of the Sibyl's prieftefs

Eneas's to Phoebus and

the Sibyl

Of the Sibyl herself to Eneas

iii. 155 Of the Sibyl giving him directions for his journey to hell, and informing him of the death of Mifenus iii. 161

Of Æneas to Palinurus,

Æneas

-Of Encas's Tyber, and the nymphs

iii. 353

Of Æneas to Evander iii. 357 answer

Of Evander in

iii. 361

-Evander's account of Ca.

cus and Hercules

iii. 363.

to 369 Speeches