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 75
... final destruction of Troy , which follows : 6.403 ff .; 22.382 ff .; 24.499.32 Anna's words also point beyond the poem to the same rela- tion ( IV.682 ) : Sister , you have destroyed my life with your own , and the lives of our people ...
... final destruction of Troy , which follows : 6.403 ff .; 22.382 ff .; 24.499.32 Anna's words also point beyond the poem to the same rela- tion ( IV.682 ) : Sister , you have destroyed my life with your own , and the lives of our people ...
Page 162
... final image . For example , at the low point of the second book , there is the tragically majestic image of Priam's death : II.557 : His tall body was left lying headless on the shore , and by it the head hacked from the shoulders : a ...
... final image . For example , at the low point of the second book , there is the tragically majestic image of Priam's death : II.557 : His tall body was left lying headless on the shore , and by it the head hacked from the shoulders : a ...
Page 172
... final scene of the eighth book pays tribute to the triumph of Augustus as the climax of Roman history . In this third of ! the Aeneid are amassed the brightest and most luminous scenes of the whole poem , including the Trojans ' arrival ...
... final scene of the eighth book pays tribute to the triumph of Augustus as the climax of Roman history . In this third of ! the Aeneid are amassed the brightest and most luminous scenes of the whole poem , including the Trojans ' arrival ...
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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