Entries from September 2009

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Laocoon (Vergil, Aeneid 2. 199-227)

Vergil Aeneid 2.199-227 Hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum obicitur magis atque improuida pectora turbat.               200 Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos, sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras. ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta (horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues incumbunt pelago pariterque ad litora tendunt;               205 pectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta iubaeque sanguineae superant undas, pars […]