Martin Classical Lectures, Volume 1; Volume 1930 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 28
Page 153
To Vergil the Iliad was a single book , though , as we shall see , a book in which he greatly preferred some parts to others . Our object now is not to criticise the Iliad , but to examine how Vergil used it . Thus much said , let me ...
To Vergil the Iliad was a single book , though , as we shall see , a book in which he greatly preferred some parts to others . Our object now is not to criticise the Iliad , but to examine how Vergil used it . Thus much said , let me ...
Page 157
... Vergil's day were larger , small though we should count them . Again , Aeneas's declaration 1 that he can never for- get Dido as long as life lasts is a line of power and swift movement : ' While I still remember who I am and while the ...
... Vergil's day were larger , small though we should count them . Again , Aeneas's declaration 1 that he can never for- get Dido as long as life lasts is a line of power and swift movement : ' While I still remember who I am and while the ...
Page 163
... Vergil wholly left on one side , even things he might well have used , such as the comparison of the stubborn resistance of Ajax , beset by a crowd of Trojans , to that of an ass , belaboured by boys but still going where he chooses in ...
... Vergil wholly left on one side , even things he might well have used , such as the comparison of the stubborn resistance of Ajax , beset by a crowd of Trojans , to that of an ass , belaboured by boys but still going where he chooses in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeschylus ancient appear Athenian Athens audience beauty beginning believe better Book brought called cause century character conception course critics death describes Empire example expression fact father feeling give given gods greatest Greece Greek hands Hellenism hero Herodotus historian Homer human Iliad importance interest island Italy Ithaca King known language later lecture literature living mean ment mind nature never Odysseus passage perhaps Persian play poem poet political Professor question reason Roman Rome says seems single Sophocles speak speeches spirit story style suitors taken tell things thou thought Thucydides tion told tradition tragedy Trojan Troy true truth turn Turnus Vergil whole woman writer