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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... tragedy in the Aeneid is a symbol not only of the tragedy in Roman history , but in human life as well . Indeed , it is a symbol of the tragedy in all nature and is found in its most sublime expression in the Georgics.16 Alone , neither ...
... tragedy in the Aeneid is a symbol not only of the tragedy in Roman history , but in human life as well . Indeed , it is a symbol of the tragedy in all nature and is found in its most sublime expression in the Georgics.16 Alone , neither ...
Page 77
... tragedy is in the size of the contrast - in the shattering reversal . This is the important reason why the book of Dido can be compared with the Greek tragedy , as ( in the words of Friedrich Leo ) no other Roman tragedy can . The ...
... tragedy is in the size of the contrast - in the shattering reversal . This is the important reason why the book of Dido can be compared with the Greek tragedy , as ( in the words of Friedrich Leo ) no other Roman tragedy can . The ...
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... tragedy . The " moment of retardation " —the stop before catastrophe when the reader hopes again that the un- avoidable may be avoided — is not only a means to external tension , an exciting moment in the development of tragedy , but ...
... tragedy . The " moment of retardation " —the stop before catastrophe when the reader hopes again that the un- avoidable may be avoided — is not only a means to external tension , an exciting moment in the development of tragedy , but ...
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Allecto animi Antike Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius appears aristeia artistic Ascanius atque attitude basic battle beauty beginning Camilla Carthage Cato character climax connected contrast dark death decision demonic destiny Diana Dido Dido and Aeneas Dido's divine Ennius epic Eurotae expression fata fate feeling fight followed fortuna Georgics gesture glory goddess gods Goethe grandeur Greek grief guilt heart Hector Heinze hero hero's heroic hinc Homer human Iliad inner interpretation Iopas Italian Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's Juturna Latinus light meaning Mezentius mood motif movement nature Odyssey Pallas passion Phegeus poet poet's poetic poetry quam queen Roman Rome Rutulians Sainte-Beuve scene sense sequence Servius simile sixth book sorrow soul speech Stoic sublime suffering symbol temple tion tragedy tragic Trojan Troy true Turnus Venus Vergil Vergil's art Vergilian verses waves whole poem words