Characters and Epithets: A Study in Vergil's Aeneid |
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... important effects ; it contributes to the reader's sense of the unity of the poem and to his feeling that here is poetry distinct from prose . It accomplishes the former by maintaining a con- sistent idea of the characters , for the ...
... important effects ; it contributes to the reader's sense of the unity of the poem and to his feeling that here is poetry distinct from prose . It accomplishes the former by maintaining a con- sistent idea of the characters , for the ...
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... important to try to discover the poet's reasons for the choice of an epithet , whether it is used in antonomasia or with the proper name . COMPLEX EPITHETS In the examples of epithets applied to Achilles by Homer ( see p . 3 ) , it was ...
... important to try to discover the poet's reasons for the choice of an epithet , whether it is used in antonomasia or with the proper name . COMPLEX EPITHETS In the examples of epithets applied to Achilles by Homer ( see p . 3 ) , it was ...
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... importance , especially that of the repeated ones , by resulting in their use in the two most prominent parts of the line , the beginning and the end . They do not explain why a particular epithet is chosen or repeated . In the first ...
... importance , especially that of the repeated ones , by resulting in their use in the two most prominent parts of the line , the beginning and the end . They do not explain why a particular epithet is chosen or repeated . In the first ...
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... important as a similar amount of repetition of an epithet used with a few characters . The second is that a traditional epithet , especially of a god , tended to become fixed by general use . Such epithets are prone to repetition within ...
... important as a similar amount of repetition of an epithet used with a few characters . The second is that a traditional epithet , especially of a god , tended to become fixed by general use . Such epithets are prone to repetition within ...
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... important for the poet to delineate a character quickly and clearly , and for him to recall to the reader any facts about a character which contribute to his action in any episode . For instance , Achates ' part in the Aeneid is that of ...
... important for the poet to delineate a character quickly and clearly , and for him to recall to the reader any facts about a character which contribute to his action in any episode . For instance , Achates ' part in the Aeneid is that of ...
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acer Acestes Achates Achilles Acoetes Aeneas Aeneid Alba Alba Longa Allecto Anchises antonomasia Apollo Ascanius atque Augustus Camilla Carmentis Carthage Cato character Clytius complex epithets coniunx Creusa Dardanius descendants deum deus Dido diva divum ductor epithets Euryalus Evander Faunus fortissimus frater Genetrix genitor goddess Greek Helenus Hercules hero Homer infelix insignis Iovis Iuli Iulus Iuno Iuppiter Iuturna iuvenis Julius Caesar Juno Juno's Jupiter Latinus Lausus Lavinia longaevus Ludus Troiae magnus Mars mater maximus Messapus Mezentius Minerva Misenus Mnestheus nate dea natus occurs omnipotens optimus Pallas parens parvus pater personal epithets pietate piety pius Aeneas plot poem poet potens Priamus proles puer pulcherrimus quae reader regina repetition Roman sacerdos saeva sanguis Saturnia Saturnus says Servius Sibylla Silvius Aeneas soror Thybris tradition Troianus Trojans Troy Turnus Ulixes vates Veneris Venus Vergil VIII virgo Volcanus καὶ
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