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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... arms their arms . That is my imprecation . IV.628 : Litora litoribus contraria , fluctibus undas Imprecor , arma armis , pugnent ipsique nepotesque . . Thus , the contest between Rome and Carthage for world dominion appears as a main ...
... arms their arms . That is my imprecation . IV.628 : Litora litoribus contraria , fluctibus undas Imprecor , arma armis , pugnent ipsique nepotesque . . Thus , the contest between Rome and Carthage for world dominion appears as a main ...
Page 116
... arms of Heaven's making ; and close by him came forth Ascanius , the sec- ond hope of Roman greatness . Hinc pater Aeneas , Romanae stirpis origo , Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis Et iuxta Ascanius , magnae spes altera ...
... arms of Heaven's making ; and close by him came forth Ascanius , the sec- ond hope of Roman greatness . Hinc pater Aeneas , Romanae stirpis origo , Sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis Et iuxta Ascanius , magnae spes altera ...
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... arms for Aeneas , and from the night of love the story rises to Vulcan's forge over the simile of a housewife rising in the middle of the night to supervise the spinners . In its sustained stillness , the simile is suited to the ...
... arms for Aeneas , and from the night of love the story rises to Vulcan's forge over the simile of a housewife rising in the middle of the night to supervise the spinners . In its sustained stillness , the simile is suited to the ...
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