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 96
... battle amid streaming blood . Cui triplici crinita iuba galea alta Chimaeram Sustinet Aetnaeos efflantem faucibus ignis ; Tam magis illa fremens et tristibus effera flammis Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae . There is no ...
... battle amid streaming blood . Cui triplici crinita iuba galea alta Chimaeram Sustinet Aetnaeos efflantem faucibus ignis ; Tam magis illa fremens et tristibus effera flammis Quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae . There is no ...
Page 97
... battle : Having spoken his thought he walked forward to the water , scooped a handful from an eddy's surface , and ... battle take place . It is not the devoutly concentrated hero who triumphs , but the ferociously passionate fighter ...
... battle : Having spoken his thought he walked forward to the water , scooped a handful from an eddy's surface , and ... battle take place . It is not the devoutly concentrated hero who triumphs , but the ferociously passionate fighter ...
Page 102
... battle — and one that is entirely his own . But even Turnus ' battle style corresponds to the differ- ing character of the books . A calculated climax can be ob- served in the last third of the Aeneid : the events rise from the ...
... battle — and one that is entirely his own . But even Turnus ' battle style corresponds to the differ- ing character of the books . A calculated climax can be ob- served in the last third of the Aeneid : the events rise from the ...
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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