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... lived in a city . Even Plato and Aristotle in planning the reform of the body politic , which clearly was critically ill in their day , do not dream of departing from the framework of the polis - γινομένη μὲν οὖν τοῦ ζῆν ἕνεκεν , οὖσα ...
... lived in a city . Even Plato and Aristotle in planning the reform of the body politic , which clearly was critically ill in their day , do not dream of departing from the framework of the polis - γινομένη μὲν οὖν τοῦ ζῆν ἕνεκεν , οὖσα ...
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... lived bore certain resemblances to that of Virgil . Politically , there was civil war in each case , followed by the establishment of a new régime . But the differences were more important . Whereas in Virgil's lifetime the civil wars ...
... lived bore certain resemblances to that of Virgil . Politically , there was civil war in each case , followed by the establishment of a new régime . But the differences were more important . Whereas in Virgil's lifetime the civil wars ...
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... lived on the earth lately or long ago . It is not unlikely that Virgil began with a knowledge of this kind of vision , and simply prac- tised one of his inversions , picturing the souls as they might have appeared to a contemporary of ...
... lived on the earth lately or long ago . It is not unlikely that Virgil began with a knowledge of this kind of vision , and simply prac- tised one of his inversions , picturing the souls as they might have appeared to a contemporary of ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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