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... close study of ii , which inspired the second part of the eighth Eclogue , the vast bulk of his echoes and adaptations comes from the pastoral poems . Virgil's debt to Theocritus is almost incalculable . It has been said with ...
... close study of ii , which inspired the second part of the eighth Eclogue , the vast bulk of his echoes and adaptations comes from the pastoral poems . Virgil's debt to Theocritus is almost incalculable . It has been said with ...
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... close resemblances to Aeneid vi , 893 , 660 ff . and 638 ff . 63 Odyssey xi , 51-80 . 64 No attempt can be made here to discuss the many details in which Virgil's influence is to be seen . 65 Thebaid v , 27-33 ; cf. Aeneid ii , 1-13 ...
... close resemblances to Aeneid vi , 893 , 660 ff . and 638 ff . 63 Odyssey xi , 51-80 . 64 No attempt can be made here to discuss the many details in which Virgil's influence is to be seen . 65 Thebaid v , 27-33 ; cf. Aeneid ii , 1-13 ...
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... close friend , praises his Eclogues ( Sat. 1.10.44 ff . ) and echoes his Aeneid ( e.g. Odes 3.3 ) ; Propertius ( who had little in common with him ) says of the Aeneid that ' something greater than the Iliad is coming to birth ' ( 2.34 ...
... close friend , praises his Eclogues ( Sat. 1.10.44 ff . ) and echoes his Aeneid ( e.g. Odes 3.3 ) ; Propertius ( who had little in common with him ) says of the Aeneid that ' something greater than the Iliad is coming to birth ' ( 2.34 ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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