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Page 68
... fire was kindled remains hidden . These opening lines of Book V pick up the narrative of Aeneas ' adventures where it was dropped in order that the final moments of Dido's agony might be described in detail - interea , “ mean- while ...
... fire was kindled remains hidden . These opening lines of Book V pick up the narrative of Aeneas ' adventures where it was dropped in order that the final moments of Dido's agony might be described in detail - interea , “ mean- while ...
Page 90
... fire which with loosened reins ( im- missis habenis ) , like a horse run wild , rages through the burning fleet . The torch is to be taken both literally and symbolically at the same time . It is the actual instrument whereby the fire ...
... fire which with loosened reins ( im- missis habenis ) , like a horse run wild , rages through the burning fleet . The torch is to be taken both literally and symbolically at the same time . It is the actual instrument whereby the fire ...
Page 139
... fire and water now translated into even stronger sexual terms , completes the little episode . The transition from bedchamber to Cyclopes ' cavern where Venus ' request is carried into fact is another superb example of Virgilian art ...
... fire and water now translated into even stronger sexual terms , completes the little episode . The transition from bedchamber to Cyclopes ' cavern where Venus ' request is carried into fact is another superb example of Virgilian art ...
Common terms and phrases
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