Virgil |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 26
Page 15
... future and it becomes a prophecy of the return of Saturn's reign . Viewed in its tragic aspect it shows a cycle of disas- ter following inevitably on renewal in accordance with laws the gods themselves cannot modify . But in general ...
... future and it becomes a prophecy of the return of Saturn's reign . Viewed in its tragic aspect it shows a cycle of disas- ter following inevitably on renewal in accordance with laws the gods themselves cannot modify . But in general ...
Page 40
... future Roman destiny required . Book V shows the same thing in quite another context . But all this is also fate : Jupiter had sent Aeneas back to Sicily and Anchises ; had prepared Anchises ' role in II , III and V ; had woven the Dido ...
... future Roman destiny required . Book V shows the same thing in quite another context . But all this is also fate : Jupiter had sent Aeneas back to Sicily and Anchises ; had prepared Anchises ' role in II , III and V ; had woven the Dido ...
Page 172
... future . There is a strong and sure purpose , reaching farther than any purpose in Homer . There is also a transcendent sanction . The Aeneid is not only of this world . The Sixth Book , with its visit to Hades superficially like many ...
... future . There is a strong and sure purpose , reaching farther than any purpose in Homer . There is also a transcendent sanction . The Aeneid is not only of this world . The Sixth Book , with its visit to Hades superficially like many ...
Contents
The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
Copyright | |
25 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aeneas Aeneid Alcinous Anchises ancient Apollo Apollonius Argonautica artist Ascanius Augustan Baiae Book bronze bull Campania cauldron century Cephalon Classical Claude Claude Lorrain Claude's context Cumae Cumaean Daedalus Dante Dante's Daphnis death Deiphobe Dido Dido's divine door Dryden earth Eclogues epic episode Flavian Gaia Gallus Georgics gods Golden Greek Hannibal hero heroic Homer Horace human Icarus idyllic Iliad inspiration Italy J. M. W. Turner Juno Jupiter labyrinth landscape Latin Latium legend literary lived London looked Maze Maker Minos Minotaur myth narrative nature nekuia Nicolas Poussin Odyssean Odysseus Ovid painting Pallas Pasiphaƫ passage pastoral perhaps pietas PLATE poem poet poetic poetry prophecy Punica rock Roman Rome scene sculpture sense setting Sibyl Silius Sixth Aeneid souls speak spirit Statius storm Thebaid theme Theocritus tradition tragic tripod Trojan Troy Turnus underworld Valerius Venus Virgil Virgilian vision W. F. Jackson Knight