A Modern Virgilian: A Memorial Lecture to Monsignor Ronald Knox Delivered to the Virgil SocietyVirgil Society, 1959 - 16 pages |
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... battle just about to be engaged hung the fate and the destiny of Rome . For the same reason Ascanius , or Iulus , was given a special prominence in the book . Knox found him ' irritatingly precocious and uninterestingly impeccable ...
... battle just about to be engaged hung the fate and the destiny of Rome . For the same reason Ascanius , or Iulus , was given a special prominence in the book . Knox found him ' irritatingly precocious and uninterestingly impeccable ...
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... battle , Antony and Cleopatra had stood for the untamed extravagance of the East , and the victory of Octavius had been the victory of western civilisation . Virgil was pre - eminently the poet of civilisation . His cities are organised ...
... battle , Antony and Cleopatra had stood for the untamed extravagance of the East , and the victory of Octavius had been the victory of western civilisation . Virgil was pre - eminently the poet of civilisation . His cities are organised ...
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... battle out of a conscious and disinterested love of country , and those who died in battle for a number of other , less worthy , reasons as well . What Virgil meant was surely that heroism in war was accounted for righteousness to ...
... battle out of a conscious and disinterested love of country , and those who died in battle for a number of other , less worthy , reasons as well . What Virgil meant was surely that heroism in war was accounted for righteousness to ...
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Aeneas goes Aeneid amplum mittimur Elysium Anchises Ascanius Augustan peace Augustus Bede bello clari Book Caesar Christian humanist civilisation Cleopatra community of contemplative Conington Deiphobus delivered by Ronald desert Dido simply divine doctrine of Purgatory Elysium et pauci Euryalus exinde per amplum fata Fate founded his line fuge fuit hae sine sorte Heaven Hegel Hell Homer Iliad Iulus Juppiter knew Knox replied laeta arva tenemus Lausus LECTURE to Monsignor lectures on Virgil Libyae Limbo Marcellus meaning of pietas Memorial Lecture Mezentius Minos MODERN VIRGILIAN mortal mortal sin Nec vero hae Newman Nisus optimistic poem Palinurus patriam pauci laeta arva peaceful epic Penates pius Plato poet Priam Purgatory quid re-incarnation reached Elysium reminded ROBERT SPEAIGHT Rome Ronald Knox delivered Rutilians says Knox sine sorte datae souls spes surgentis Iuli surely sympathy Tartarus tell things Troy Turnus understand Virgil vero hae sine Virgil delivered Virgil Society Virgil's eschatology