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... Homer . He was not only the source , the father of what came after him : he was also a figure of unapproachable magnitude in his own right . He both attracted and repelled the imitator and finally achieved a position of solitary ...
... Homer . He was not only the source , the father of what came after him : he was also a figure of unapproachable magnitude in his own right . He both attracted and repelled the imitator and finally achieved a position of solitary ...
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... Homer's race is divided into two unrelated portions and does not constitute a single dramatic situation . We should note also the relative irrelevance of large parts of Homer . Thus the lengthy advice of Nestor to his son , Antilochus ...
... Homer's race is divided into two unrelated portions and does not constitute a single dramatic situation . We should note also the relative irrelevance of large parts of Homer . Thus the lengthy advice of Nestor to his son , Antilochus ...
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... Homer - the narrative content , scope , and elevation of epic . We do not , indeed , need to dwell on the crucial importance of this lacuna : the gap between pastoral or didactic and epic is too great and too obvious to be minimized ...
... Homer - the narrative content , scope , and elevation of epic . We do not , indeed , need to dwell on the crucial importance of this lacuna : the gap between pastoral or didactic and epic is too great and too obvious to be minimized ...
Contents
The Mystery of the Aeneid I | 1 |
The Subjective Style | 41 |
The Young Virgil | 98 |
Copyright | |
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