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... Silius combines Ennius ' annalistic approach with a dramatic unity derived partly from Virgil . Like Ennius , 28 he wrote about the great heroes of the Roman Republic serving their country in turn with unselfish courage and devotion ...
... Silius combines Ennius ' annalistic approach with a dramatic unity derived partly from Virgil . Like Ennius , 28 he wrote about the great heroes of the Roman Republic serving their country in turn with unselfish courage and devotion ...
Page 75
... Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua ...
... Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua ...
Page 77
... Silius , in making Hanni- bal the sworn enemy of Rome , had Virgil's Dido particularly in mind . In other ways , too , the Carthaginian heritage from Dido is often suggested , not least by Silius ' use of the epithet Elissaeus , which ...
... Silius , in making Hanni- bal the sworn enemy of Rome , had Virgil's Dido particularly in mind . In other ways , too , the Carthaginian heritage from Dido is often suggested , not least by Silius ' use of the epithet Elissaeus , which ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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