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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... Hector's fate is emphasized in being set apart ; again when Hector approaches the dreaming Aeneas in a decisive moment during Troy's last night ( II.270 ff . ) ; then in the pathetic image of Andromache mourning over Hector's ashes ...
... Hector's fate is emphasized in being set apart ; again when Hector approaches the dreaming Aeneas in a decisive moment during Troy's last night ( II.270 ff . ) ; then in the pathetic image of Andromache mourning over Hector's ashes ...
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... Hector 15.605 : " Hector was mad as spear - shaking Ares , mad as a conflagration in some thick forest upon the mountains . There was foam on Hector's lips , his eyes blazed under the shaggy brows , the helmet shook violently on his ...
... Hector 15.605 : " Hector was mad as spear - shaking Ares , mad as a conflagration in some thick forest upon the mountains . There was foam on Hector's lips , his eyes blazed under the shaggy brows , the helmet shook violently on his ...
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... Hector assumes a heroic attitude only after all hope is lost . 76. XII.865 f . Dido , too , sees a bird of death ( IV.462 ) . 77. This recalls Hector's vain watch for Deiphobos . He has been deceived by the goddess , while Juturna ...
... Hector assumes a heroic attitude only after all hope is lost . 76. XII.865 f . Dido , too , sees a bird of death ( IV.462 ) . 77. This recalls Hector's vain watch for Deiphobos . He has been deceived by the goddess , while Juturna ...
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