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... Greek till about the twelfth or thirteenth century . In the case of Horace ( to whom we shall return later ) , we have seen that Dante shows no certain knowledge of anything but the Ars Poetica , with one or two possible references to ...
... Greek till about the twelfth or thirteenth century . In the case of Horace ( to whom we shall return later ) , we have seen that Dante shows no certain knowledge of anything but the Ars Poetica , with one or two possible references to ...
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... Greek word ' hor- men ' in Conv . IV . xxi . and xxii . See under Cicero , No. 12 . Dante knew something , though apparently not much , of Juvenal , and though he quotes him directly , as there is no reason to doubt , two or three times ...
... Greek word ' hor- men ' in Conv . IV . xxi . and xxii . See under Cicero , No. 12 . Dante knew something , though apparently not much , of Juvenal , and though he quotes him directly , as there is no reason to doubt , two or three times ...
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... Greek philosophers , though Dante is careful to explain that there are various degrees of inspiration , and that the term applies to the 1 See De Mon. II . vii , ad fin . and Conv . IV . iv . ll . 115 seqq . , ' Virgilio , .... quando ...
... Greek philosophers , though Dante is careful to explain that there are various degrees of inspiration , and that the term applies to the 1 See De Mon. II . vii , ad fin . and Conv . IV . iv . ll . 115 seqq . , ' Virgilio , .... quando ...
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... held to be ambiguous in the Vulgate , as in E. V. There is no doubt in the Greek . Comp . also c . xiii . 1 . 2 See Speaker's Commentary , h . l . those imagined by Dante , forming a monstrous and unholy 70 STUDIES IN DANTE.
... held to be ambiguous in the Vulgate , as in E. V. There is no doubt in the Greek . Comp . also c . xiii . 1 . 2 See Speaker's Commentary , h . l . those imagined by Dante , forming a monstrous and unholy 70 STUDIES IN DANTE.
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... Greek word ravτíov . He proceeds : ' Erigebat ergo cum suis populis turrem contra Dominum , qua est impia significata superbia . ' A little earlier in the chapter he states this to be a legitimate inference from the words of Scripture ...
... Greek word ravτíov . He proceeds : ' Erigebat ergo cum suis populis turrem contra Dominum , qua est impia significata superbia . ' A little earlier in the chapter he states this to be a legitimate inference from the words of Scripture ...
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