P. Vergili Maronis opera: The first six books of the AeneidWhittaker & Company, 1876 - Aeneas (Legendary character) |
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... Greek has at all events the advantage of having written first ; that if he had a less cool judgment , he holds the heart under a stronger enchantment , and that to endeavour to exalt Virgil at his expense is much the same as if one ...
... Greek has at all events the advantage of having written first ; that if he had a less cool judgment , he holds the heart under a stronger enchantment , and that to endeavour to exalt Virgil at his expense is much the same as if one ...
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... Greek drama . His view of the form may have been similarly affected by the example of those later Greek epics of which the poem of Apollonius is the only surviving specimen , and by the precepts of that critical fraternity of which the ...
... Greek drama . His view of the form may have been similarly affected by the example of those later Greek epics of which the poem of Apollonius is the only surviving specimen , and by the precepts of that critical fraternity of which the ...
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... Greek schools of rhetoric attempts were frequently made to overturn the verdict , not only of history , but of fable ; and we may recall with a smile the fact that it was not merely sophistical acumen , but real sympathy with a friendly ...
... Greek schools of rhetoric attempts were frequently made to overturn the verdict , not only of history , but of fable ; and we may recall with a smile the fact that it was not merely sophistical acumen , but real sympathy with a friendly ...
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... Greek gods with those whom they were then- selves worshipping daily , so he could hardly have avoided calling the Greeks by that generic name by which the Romans knew them , though it had no existence in Homer's time , and had never ...
... Greek gods with those whom they were then- selves worshipping daily , so he could hardly have avoided calling the Greeks by that generic name by which the Romans knew them , though it had no existence in Homer's time , and had never ...
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... Greek tragedy as a step in intellectual progress can be abundantly appreciated from the specimens that have come down to us , and we are able distinctly to recognize its influence upon Virgil . I have in some measure anticipated what I ...
... Greek tragedy as a step in intellectual progress can be abundantly appreciated from the specimens that have come down to us , and we are able distinctly to recognize its influence upon Virgil . I have in some measure anticipated what I ...
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P. Vergili Maronis Opera: The Aeneid John Conington,Henry Nettleship,Virgil No preview available - 2015 |
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid aequora Aesch aether Anchises animi Apoll Apollo appears arma Ascanius atque auras caelo caelum Carthage Catull Cerda circum comp Creusa cursus Dardanus Deiphobus Dict Dido Dido's Donatus doubtless Ennius epithet explained expression fata favour foll Forb Forc fragm give gods Gossrau Greek haec Heins Helenus hendiadys Henry Heyne Heyne remarks hinc Homeric imitated inter ipse Juno latter litora Livy Lucr lumina Madv manu meaning mentioned mihi Mnestheus moenia notion numine nunc omnis parallel passage pater perhaps Pierius poet poetical Priam Priscian probably quae quam quid quod quoted reading reference Ribbeck rightly Roman says seems sense Serv Sibyl suppose terra thinks thought tibi tion Troia Trojans Troy Ulysses urbem Venus Virg Virg.'s Virgil viri Wagn words Wund δὲ καὶ τε