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... passage . But Virgil is not here referring to an infatuation like Atalanta's or Simaetha's : his accent is not on the love but on the tragic error ( ut me malus abstulit error ) . The line thus points the bitter moral of the episode ...
... passage . But Virgil is not here referring to an infatuation like Atalanta's or Simaetha's : his accent is not on the love but on the tragic error ( ut me malus abstulit error ) . The line thus points the bitter moral of the episode ...
Page 191
... passage is clearly demarcated at the beginning by the At mater which starts line 333 and at the end by the At illum ( at the start of the next section ) which follows the sentence ending with qua iuvenis gressus inferret in line 360 . 4 ...
... passage is clearly demarcated at the beginning by the At mater which starts line 333 and at the end by the At illum ( at the start of the next section ) which follows the sentence ending with qua iuvenis gressus inferret in line 360 . 4 ...
Page 409
... passage ( 11. 159-69 ) has a passionate and strenuous tonality . The waves do not merely crash on this island breakwater : vast cliffs also threaten ( minantur ) the sky , bristling woods lower ( imminet ) , while , in partial contrast ...
... passage ( 11. 159-69 ) has a passionate and strenuous tonality . The waves do not merely crash on this island breakwater : vast cliffs also threaten ( minantur ) the sky , bristling woods lower ( imminet ) , while , in partial contrast ...
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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