All 4 Uses of
spartan
in
The Aeneid
- She seem'd a virgin of the Spartan blood: With such array Harpalyce bestrode Her Thracian courser and outstripp'd the rapid flood.†
Book 1 *
- The rosy morn was risen from the main, And horns and hounds awake the princely train: They issue early thro' the city gate, Where the more wakeful huntsmen ready wait, With nets, and toils, and darts, beside the force Of Spartan dogs, and swift Massylian horse.†
Book 4
- A guest like him, a Trojan guest before, In shew of friendship sought the Spartan shore, And ravish'd Helen from her husband bore.†
Book 7
- Think on whose faith th' adult'rous youth relied; Who promis'd, who procur'd, the Spartan bride?†
Book 10
Definition:
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(spartan with a lowercase "s") practicing self-denial in matters of comfort