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... Trojan hero who has not yet over- come the loss of his Trojan identity . It is Dido's respect for his Trojan heroism ( he had already divined this from the Iliadic frieze of the Juno temple : the lacrimae rerum are really Dido's tears ...
... Trojan hero who has not yet over- come the loss of his Trojan identity . It is Dido's respect for his Trojan heroism ( he had already divined this from the Iliadic frieze of the Juno temple : the lacrimae rerum are really Dido's tears ...
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... Trojan theme for the climax of the scene and he does not need , like Homer , to whet the curiosity of Dido by exhibiting the Trojan sensibility of Aeneas . Dido knows too well who Aeneas is . Dido herself must show the emotion ...
... Trojan theme for the climax of the scene and he does not need , like Homer , to whet the curiosity of Dido by exhibiting the Trojan sensibility of Aeneas . Dido knows too well who Aeneas is . Dido herself must show the emotion ...
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... Trojan legend had ceased to have much political significance after the death of the last Julio - Claudian emperor , 31 Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia ...
... Trojan legend had ceased to have much political significance after the death of the last Julio - Claudian emperor , 31 Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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