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2 It is with good reason , then , that Professor MacMechan has said : " Beginning the Aeneid is like setting out upon a broad and beaten highway , along which countless feet have passed in the course of nineteen centuries .
2 It is with good reason , then , that Professor MacMechan has said : " Beginning the Aeneid is like setting out upon a broad and beaten highway , along which countless feet have passed in the course of nineteen centuries .
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The Aeneid the first of its class . Aeneid . The spell of Homer is too strong at times , and Virgil , with the Iliad and Odyssey before him , made the Aeneid too lengthy and brought in too many scenes of battle and bloodshed .
The Aeneid the first of its class . Aeneid . The spell of Homer is too strong at times , and Virgil , with the Iliad and Odyssey before him , made the Aeneid too lengthy and brought in too many scenes of battle and bloodshed .
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ablative according accusative Aeneas Aeneid alliteration Anchises Apollo arma atque Augustus bring called carry circum clause close course dactyls dative death Dido effect emphatic explained expression fall father force give gods Greek haec hand heaven hero Homer honor idea implies inter ipse Italy itus Jupiter king land Lines literally manus means mihi nunc offer omnis pass passage pater poet poetical present quae quam quid quis reference rhythm Roman Rome sail sense shows sound spondaic story subst super temple terras thought tibi tion Troia Trojan Troy turn Venus verb verse Virgil wind
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| Title | Aeneid Books I-VI The students' series of Latin classics |
| Author | Virgil |
| Editors | Henry Rushton Fairclough, Seldon Lester Brown |
| Publisher | Sanborn, 1936 |
| Length | 655 pages |
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