The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the AeneidIn a discussion in which a comparison of Vergil and Homer becomes the pivot of criticism, the author analyzes basic themes, outlines the Vergilian structure, and indicates the way in which the characters and the events concerning them are related to the whole poem. The author shows how Vergil enlarged upon Homeric similes until they became transparent signs for inner events. He also examines the architecturally structured sequence of mood and argues that, since Vergil, mood has become to poetry what light is to painting. |
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... hand of a Roman master - a gesture with- out parallel in Homer : 1.52 : But Aeolus , the king who rules them , confines them in their prison , disciplined and curbed . They race from door to bolted door , and all the mountain ...
... hand of a Roman master - a gesture with- out parallel in Homer : 1.52 : But Aeolus , the king who rules them , confines them in their prison , disciplined and curbed . They race from door to bolted door , and all the mountain ...
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... hand and armed himself with a black - reeking torch . Smoking pine - boughs threw their pitchy glare , and Vulcan sent upwards to the stars a mixture of ashes and sparks . Classem ... Invadit sociosque incendia poscit ovantis Atque ...
... hand and armed himself with a black - reeking torch . Smoking pine - boughs threw their pitchy glare , and Vulcan sent upwards to the stars a mixture of ashes and sparks . Classem ... Invadit sociosque incendia poscit ovantis Atque ...
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Image and Symbol in the Aeneid Viktor Pöschl. hand to hand , and bear whatever bitterness death may hold for me . Sister , never again shall you see me forget my honor ... XII.676 : Iam iam fata , soror , superant , absiste morari , Quo ...
Image and Symbol in the Aeneid Viktor Pöschl. hand to hand , and bear whatever bitterness death may hold for me . Sister , never again shall you see me forget my honor ... XII.676 : Iam iam fata , soror , superant , absiste morari , Quo ...
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