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Page 91
... already indicated the main points and need only summarize them here . The Aeneid begins with Aeneas : he is the victim of Juno's wrath and the storm . It is his despair ( O terque quater- que beati , 94 f . ) and his revived courage ( O ...
... already indicated the main points and need only summarize them here . The Aeneid begins with Aeneas : he is the victim of Juno's wrath and the storm . It is his despair ( O terque quater- que beati , 94 f . ) and his revived courage ( O ...
Page 235
... already partially seen , arranged in a kind of crescendo that starts from Aeneas ' meeting with Venus and reaches its climax in the encounter with Dido . There are here three ironically ambiguous episodes : 1. The meeting with Venus ...
... already partially seen , arranged in a kind of crescendo that starts from Aeneas ' meeting with Venus and reaches its climax in the encounter with Dido . There are here three ironically ambiguous episodes : 1. The meeting with Venus ...
Page 376
... already made . His tragedy is that he came to the decision too late — that he deferred it until another impious violation of a solemn agree- ment , another round of unnecessary slaughter , another abandon- ment of his own comrades to ...
... already made . His tragedy is that he came to the decision too late — that he deferred it until another impious violation of a solemn agree- ment , another round of unnecessary slaughter , another abandon- ment of his own comrades to ...
Contents
The Mystery of the Aeneid I | 1 |
The Subjective Style | 41 |
The Young Virgil | 98 |
Copyright | |
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