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 35
... suffering . The dying Camilla is assisted by her fellow - in - arms , Acca , before Diana carries her off . We hear of Aeneas ' compassion for Palinurus and of Nisus sacrificing himself for Euryalus . Likewise , the battle death of ...
... suffering . The dying Camilla is assisted by her fellow - in - arms , Acca , before Diana carries her off . We hear of Aeneas ' compassion for Palinurus and of Nisus sacrificing himself for Euryalus . Likewise , the battle death of ...
Page 53
... suffer bitterly for the sake of the command laid on him by destiny . Homer's heroes suffer through " love of self ... suffering creatures . Vergil also reshaped the idea of duty , which , always a primary element of Roman ethics , is ...
... suffer bitterly for the sake of the command laid on him by destiny . Homer's heroes suffer through " love of self ... suffering creatures . Vergil also reshaped the idea of duty , which , always a primary element of Roman ethics , is ...
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... suffering , which increase through Latinus ' futile warnings and explode with insane fury in the simile of the bull fighting the winds in the arming scene . There is an even closer parallel . Just as the development of Dido's madness ...
... suffering , which increase through Latinus ' futile warnings and explode with insane fury in the simile of the bull fighting the winds in the arming scene . There is an even closer parallel . Just as the development of Dido's madness ...
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