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Page 181
... bees . The heaviness and gloom of III is at once lifted : all is now light and gay . In the proem ( 1-7 ) the dual aspect of the subject is emphasized : it is light ( levium rerum ) and slender ( tenuis ) as are the bees themselves but ...
... bees . The heaviness and gloom of III is at once lifted : all is now light and gay . In the proem ( 1-7 ) the dual aspect of the subject is emphasized : it is light ( levium rerum ) and slender ( tenuis ) as are the bees themselves but ...
Page 182
... bees and it is this , in fact , which his insistence on the paradox of their insect polity ( this strange republic of insigni- ficant bees ) brings out . The hive is and is not a type of the human state . Likewise its resurrection is ...
... bees and it is this , in fact , which his insistence on the paradox of their insect polity ( this strange republic of insigni- ficant bees ) brings out . The hive is and is not a type of the human state . Likewise its resurrection is ...
Page 186
... bees as picking their future citizens and kings from the leaves . So there is nothing in themselves to compete with their communal devotion : they will work till they die under the burden ( animum sub fasce dedere ) . Likewise , death ...
... bees as picking their future citizens and kings from the leaves . So there is nothing in themselves to compete with their communal devotion : they will work till they die under the burden ( animum sub fasce dedere ) . Likewise , death ...
Contents
The Mystery of the Aeneid I | 1 |
From Homer to Virgil The Obsolescence of Epic | 5 |
The Subjective Style | 41 |
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