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... episode , the Trojan exchange of arms with the Greek dead , bringing at first a passing victory which forces the Greeks to retreat back to shore and the wooden horse , but ultimately a tragic massacre of Trojan by Trojan . Virgil begins ...
... episode , the Trojan exchange of arms with the Greek dead , bringing at first a passing victory which forces the Greeks to retreat back to shore and the wooden horse , but ultimately a tragic massacre of Trojan by Trojan . Virgil begins ...
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... episode , Virgil clearly had in mind Lucretius ' description of the embrace of Venus and Mars in- corporated in the proem to the first book of De Rerum Natura . When Virgil speaks of Venus breathing divine love into her words , in the ...
... episode , Virgil clearly had in mind Lucretius ' description of the embrace of Venus and Mars in- corporated in the proem to the first book of De Rerum Natura . When Virgil speaks of Venus breathing divine love into her words , in the ...
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... episode . In this case the small children mentioned in the simile become Venus ' descen- dants - Aeneas and his children - whom it is now Vulcan's purpose not only to defend but , almost literally , to create as he molds for Aeneas on ...
... episode . In this case the small children mentioned in the simile become Venus ' descen- dants - Aeneas and his children - whom it is now Vulcan's purpose not only to defend but , almost literally , to create as he molds for Aeneas on ...
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Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Amata Anchises appears atque belly Book VIII Book XII book's bough Cacus CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ calm cave clash Creusa CRUZ The University dark death destiny destruction Dido Dido's doom epic episode escape Evander Evander's fate final fire flames force Furor future Georgic glides golden bough Greeks Gyas Hercules hero imagery initial journey Juno Juturna land Laocoön Latinus Latium Lavinia looks Lucretius madness Menoetes metaphor Mnestheus Neptune Nisus and Euryalus Odysseus offer omen once opening lines Orpheus Palinurus Pallas parallels past pastoral pattern phrase poet poet's Priam Pyrrhus race rage recall Rome Rutulian sacrifice SANTA CRUZ seems Sergestus ships shore Sibyl simile Sinon sleep snakes Somnus symbolic Tenedos Tiber tion Trojans Troy Troy's turn Turnus underworld University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA Venus verb violence Virgil Vulcan winds wooden horse words wound wrath