Dirae
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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The poet of the Ciris, the Copa, the Dirae, and the Bucolics is never far to seek in the Aeneid.
From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney
Ribbeck thinks Catalecta originally included the Priapea, Epigrammata, and Dirae, but came to be restricted to the fourteen short pieces given in our MSS. under that title.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Those which are beneficial they call Jupiter, Juno, Mercury, Ceres; those who are mischievous the Dirae, Furies, and Mars.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
The very deep sympathy of Vergil for the poor exiles rings also through the Dirae, a very surprising poem which he wrote at this same time, but on second thought suppressed.
From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney
There was a finely ferocious energy in the Dirae ending with The Descent into Hell of 9th January 1873, and there is a good swinging and slashing vigour in The Commonweal of 1886.
From Figures of Several Centuries by Symons, Arthur
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