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Page 72
... whole , however , there is less intensity of feeling in his poem , and he leaves many motifs and episodes , in the Alexandrian manner , without developing them to their logical conclusion . The outstanding exception is his treat- ment ...
... whole , however , there is less intensity of feeling in his poem , and he leaves many motifs and episodes , in the Alexandrian manner , without developing them to their logical conclusion . The outstanding exception is his treat- ment ...
Page 166
... whole myth of the Cretan labyrinth . Athens is shown , and the lot - drawing to decide who is to be among the seven young men who must be sent to Crete to meet the Minotaur , and be sacrificed as reparation to King Minos . Opposite is ...
... whole myth of the Cretan labyrinth . Athens is shown , and the lot - drawing to decide who is to be among the seven young men who must be sent to Crete to meet the Minotaur , and be sacrificed as reparation to King Minos . Opposite is ...
Page 169
... whole scheme of the universe , his cosmology , is addressed to all . Anchises presents the universe as matter instinct with spirit in every part of it , mind , mens , activating the whole of it . There are also individual living ...
... whole scheme of the universe , his cosmology , is addressed to all . Anchises presents the universe as matter instinct with spirit in every part of it , mind , mens , activating the whole of it . There are also individual living ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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