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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 ...
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