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... described by implication as uates , the prophet of the greatness and grandeur of Rome , whose destiny is linked with that of Caesar's house . Eclogue i is a break - through into a new dimension transcending the previous limits of ...
... described by implication as uates , the prophet of the greatness and grandeur of Rome , whose destiny is linked with that of Caesar's house . Eclogue i is a break - through into a new dimension transcending the previous limits of ...
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... described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua Phrygum , gens Troiana , Idaeum genus and gens Hectorea , and they are often referred to as ...
... described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua Phrygum , gens Troiana , Idaeum genus and gens Hectorea , and they are often referred to as ...
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... described in its construction by the Silver Age poet Statius , has a peculiar affinity with Poussin's painting.20 Both poet and painter seem to sing the glories of Fertile Campania , Campania Felix , the pastoral setting par excellence ...
... described in its construction by the Silver Age poet Statius , has a peculiar affinity with Poussin's painting.20 Both poet and painter seem to sing the glories of Fertile Campania , Campania Felix , the pastoral setting par excellence ...
Contents
The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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