Virgil: The Aeneid, Book VIII: a new downloadable English translation.

O Father Tiber, worshipped stream divine, accept Aeneas, and from peril save! ... my hands shall bring thee gift and sacrifice. O chief and sovereign of Hesperian ...

20 окт. 2015 г. · The focus of Book VIII is Aeneas' visit to the old Greek king Evander, who has settled with his Arcadian people on the Palatine Hill within the ...

Aeneas, landed on the Latian coast, With banish'd gods, and with a baffled host, Yet now aspir'd to conquest of the state, And claim'd a title from the gods ...

That man, leaving, gave to me a remarkable quiver and Lycian arrows, And a cloak woven with gold, And a pair of golden bridles which now my Pallas possesses.

25,00 $ This volume provides the first full-scale commentary on the eighth book of Virgil's Aeneid, the book in which the poet presents the unforgettable tour of the ...

Evander tells the story of Hercules and Cacus, which the feast commemorates. Cacus, a monster, stole eight of Hercules's cows and brought them to his cave.

A summary of Book 8 in Virgil's The Aeneid. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of The Aeneid and what it means.

Book 8 is an unusual one. There is no fighting in it, or none in the real time of the narrative, which makes it unique among the last six books of the poem.

On the shield, Augustus Caesar celebrates his triple triumph. He views gifts and the people he has conquered.