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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Page 84
... Servius Danielis ) . Servius ' reference to the ignes sociorum is utterly artificial if ( as Thilo assumes with some justification ) he was thinking of IV.594 . If , on the other hand , he was thinking of the flames of war with which ...
... Servius Danielis ) . Servius ' reference to the ignes sociorum is utterly artificial if ( as Thilo assumes with some justification ) he was thinking of IV.594 . If , on the other hand , he was thinking of the flames of war with which ...
Page 139
... Servius writes : " Asinius Pollio says that in describing a day Vergil always uses a particular phrase which befits ... Servius to a higher plane from which to observe the symbolic words in which daybreak is described . Servius has ...
... Servius writes : " Asinius Pollio says that in describing a day Vergil always uses a particular phrase which befits ... Servius to a higher plane from which to observe the symbolic words in which daybreak is described . Servius has ...
Page 151
... Servius of the same passage : " Bene philosophica introdutiitur cantilena in convivio reginae adhuc castae ; contra inter nymphas ( ubi solae feminae erant , Servius Danielis ) ait , Vulcani Martisque dolos et dulcia fur- tia " 19 ...
... Servius of the same passage : " Bene philosophica introdutiitur cantilena in convivio reginae adhuc castae ; contra inter nymphas ( ubi solae feminae erant , Servius Danielis ) ait , Vulcani Martisque dolos et dulcia fur- tia " 19 ...
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