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... Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua ...
... Silius ' Virgilian heri- tage causes him to retrace familiar paths . Rome , for example , is described as Aeneia regna , Troia moenia , fatalia regna Teucrorum and cineres Troiae ; the Romans are Phrygiae stirpis alumni , gens recidiua ...
Page 77
... Silius , in making Hanni- bal the sworn enemy of Rome , had Virgil's Dido particularly in mind . In other ways , too , the Carthaginian heritage from Dido is often suggested , not least by Silius ' use of the epithet Elissaeus , which ...
... Silius , in making Hanni- bal the sworn enemy of Rome , had Virgil's Dido particularly in mind . In other ways , too , the Carthaginian heritage from Dido is often suggested , not least by Silius ' use of the epithet Elissaeus , which ...
Page 84
... Silius , belong only to the realm of fantasy . But apart from its Homeric basis , Silius ' nekyia is Virgilian in most respects . From Odysseus ' meeting with the spirit of the unburied Elpenor63 Virgil had fashioned a most moving and ...
... Silius , belong only to the realm of fantasy . But apart from its Homeric basis , Silius ' nekyia is Virgilian in most respects . From Odysseus ' meeting with the spirit of the unburied Elpenor63 Virgil had fashioned a most moving and ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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