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... Greeks and Romans of the earlier and so - called ' classical ' periods . However closely a Roman might keep his eye on a Greek model , he could not really succeed in hellenizing either his thought or his sensibility . The Christian ...
... Greeks and Romans of the earlier and so - called ' classical ' periods . However closely a Roman might keep his eye on a Greek model , he could not really succeed in hellenizing either his thought or his sensibility . The Christian ...
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... Greek Androgeos , sur- prised by Aeneas , is likened to a man inadvertently treading on a snake . This prepares us for a new form of Aeneas ' rage : on the advice of Coroebus , he adds guile to fury by assuming the disguise of Greek ...
... Greek Androgeos , sur- prised by Aeneas , is likened to a man inadvertently treading on a snake . This prepares us for a new form of Aeneas ' rage : on the advice of Coroebus , he adds guile to fury by assuming the disguise of Greek ...
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... Greek culture , has one great art that is his very own : that of ruling the peoples in one empire and of imposing on them the habit of peace by conquering the haughty and sparing the humble.1 This ideal is thoroughly un - Homeric and ...
... Greek culture , has one great art that is his very own : that of ruling the peoples in one empire and of imposing on them the habit of peace by conquering the haughty and sparing the humble.1 This ideal is thoroughly un - Homeric and ...
Contents
The Mystery of the Aeneid I | 1 |
From Homer to Virgil The Obsolescence of Epic | 5 |
The Subjective Style | 41 |
Copyright | |
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