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... gives to Camillus in 390 B.C. when Rome was recovering from the Gaulish invasion and a proposal was made to move the government from Rome to Veii . Livy's Camillus opposes this with much eloquence on the grounds that it is impious . It ...
... gives to Camillus in 390 B.C. when Rome was recovering from the Gaulish invasion and a proposal was made to move the government from Rome to Veii . Livy's Camillus opposes this with much eloquence on the grounds that it is impious . It ...
Page 83
... gives a new turn to an old heroic idea . Homer believed that a man owed great actions to an ideal of manhood and that in his short span of life he must do all that he can to show that he is really a man . This is the philosophy which he ...
... gives a new turn to an old heroic idea . Homer believed that a man owed great actions to an ideal of manhood and that in his short span of life he must do all that he can to show that he is really a man . This is the philosophy which he ...
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... gives her a special claim on our compassion ; it gives a purely learned pleasure in letting us recognise whence the poet's thought comes ; it enables us to compare his version with the original and to see how the Portuguese is softer ...
... gives her a special claim on our compassion ; it gives a purely learned pleasure in letting us recognise whence the poet's thought comes ; it enables us to compare his version with the original and to see how the Portuguese is softer ...
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SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF LITERARY EPIC | 1 |
VIRGIL AND THE IDEAL OF ROME | 33 |
CAMÕES AND THE EPIC OF PORTUGAL | 86 |
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