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... death . Although many classical Latin authors speak of the invocation of death , Chrétien was probably inspired by Virgil's Dido who actually invokes death.1 Enide's statement that she is the cause of Erec's death and her self ...
... death . Although many classical Latin authors speak of the invocation of death , Chrétien was probably inspired by Virgil's Dido who actually invokes death.1 Enide's statement that she is the cause of Erec's death and her self ...
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... death . Recalling Horace and particularly the third Ode , Chrétien personifies death and puts into Tereus ' mouth the Horatian idea of the necessity of death ; that Death advances now more rapidly with the increasing presumptuousness of ...
... death . Recalling Horace and particularly the third Ode , Chrétien personifies death and puts into Tereus ' mouth the Horatian idea of the necessity of death ; that Death advances now more rapidly with the increasing presumptuousness of ...
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... death of Alexander was not long delayed ; for Death spares none , as Chrétien says , 27 imitating Horace , Odes I , 4 : " Pale Death knocks impartially at the cottage of poor and the palace of the rich . " the For a long time after ...
... death of Alexander was not long delayed ; for Death spares none , as Chrétien says , 27 imitating Horace , Odes I , 4 : " Pale Death knocks impartially at the cottage of poor and the palace of the rich . " the For a long time after ...
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