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The questions following the notes at the end of each book will be found to demand the exercise of many powers be- 1 Translations recommended are : The Iliad of Homer : translated into blank verse , by William Cullen Bryant ( Houghton ...
The questions following the notes at the end of each book will be found to demand the exercise of many powers be- 1 Translations recommended are : The Iliad of Homer : translated into blank verse , by William Cullen Bryant ( Houghton ...
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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 hero is not , first and foremost , a warrior ...
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 hero is not , first and foremost , a warrior ...
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But to become another Homer , it was necessary to do far more than simply transfer Homeric verses to his pages . Suetonius tells us that some critics of Virgil reproached him for taking too freely from the Homer . Greek .
But to become another Homer , it was necessary to do far more than simply transfer Homeric verses to his pages . Suetonius tells us that some critics of Virgil reproached him for taking too freely from the Homer . Greek .
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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
Bibliographic information
| 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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