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 36
... Trojan War reliefs in Juno's temple in Carthage ; it expands as the great narrative of the city's fall ( II ) , flares up in the meetings with Polydorus , Helenus , and Andromache ( III ) , and reappears in the scene with Dido when ...
... Trojan War reliefs in Juno's temple in Carthage ; it expands as the great narrative of the city's fall ( II ) , flares up in the meetings with Polydorus , Helenus , and Andromache ( III ) , and reappears in the scene with Dido when ...
Page 37
... Trojan " Iliad " in the first third of the Aeneid , inserted in the Carthaginian events as reminiscent narrative and an " unspeakable , " heavy burden upon the hero's soul , is counter- part to the Italian “ Iliad ” in the last third ...
... Trojan " Iliad " in the first third of the Aeneid , inserted in the Carthaginian events as reminiscent narrative and an " unspeakable , " heavy burden upon the hero's soul , is counter- part to the Italian “ Iliad ” in the last third ...
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... Trojan eyes . Horrifying to them was the clashing of his arms ; blood - red quivered his shield . Continuo nova lux oculis effulsit et arma Horrendum sonuere , tremunt in vertice cristae Sanguineae clipeoque micantia fulmina mittit ...
... Trojan eyes . Horrifying to them was the clashing of his arms ; blood - red quivered his shield . Continuo nova lux oculis effulsit et arma Horrendum sonuere , tremunt in vertice cristae Sanguineae clipeoque micantia fulmina mittit ...
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