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... sudden alteration in political philosophy on Virgil's part . Instead they show the poet coming to grips with reality at last , contem- plating the exigencies demanded by rule and realizing the viola tions of personal integrity which ...
... sudden alteration in political philosophy on Virgil's part . Instead they show the poet coming to grips with reality at last , contem- plating the exigencies demanded by rule and realizing the viola tions of personal integrity which ...
Page 123
... suddenly every gust subsided , and the oars labored in a slow calm . And then Aeneas spies from the water a large grove ... sudden calm of the winds and the quiet of the ocean's sur- face , like the magical harbor in which Aeneas finds ...
... suddenly every gust subsided , and the oars labored in a slow calm . And then Aeneas spies from the water a large grove ... sudden calm of the winds and the quiet of the ocean's sur- face , like the magical harbor in which Aeneas finds ...
Page 133
... suddenly he hurled it . At this thrust , the mighty heaven thunders , the banks leap apart , the river in fear stays ... sudden gaping of the earth which reveals the underworld to view . The spirits of the dead do not rush to escape but ...
... suddenly he hurled it . At this thrust , the mighty heaven thunders , the banks leap apart , the river in fear stays ... sudden gaping of the earth which reveals the underworld to view . The spirits of the dead do not rush to escape but ...
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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