among hills or mountains "praeterea magnae legiones cum loca cursu camproum complent belli simulacra cientes, fulgor ibi ad caelum se tollit totaque circum aere reǹidescit tellus supterque virum vi excitur pedibus sonitus clamorque montes icti reiectant voces ad sidera mundi et circumvolvitant equ tes medios que repente 2.323 The mountains lighted by the rising sun are shown-- aequora substrata aetheriis ingentibus oris, quae variae retinent gentes et saecla ferarum." "fit quoque uti montis vicina cacumina. caelo propterea quia, cum consistunt nubila primum, ante videre oculi quam possint, tenvia, venti hic demum fit uti turba maiore coorta et condensa queant apparere et simul ipso vertice de montis videantur surgere in aethram." 6.459 Sellar finds evidence of mountain experience in the following expressions "avia Pieridum peragro loca nullius ante trita sol." 1.296 "ardua dum metuunt, amittunt vera viai." 1.659 To these may be added the passage where the seeker for truth is represented led onward and upward by Epicurus - |