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Page 220
The rhythm is in close touch with the thought , and many of the lines are peculiarly impressive and sonorous . In the slow spondees of 255 is expressed the noble majesty of the king of the gods ; in 269 and 272 length of time is ...
The rhythm is in close touch with the thought , and many of the lines are peculiarly impressive and sonorous . In the slow spondees of 255 is expressed the noble majesty of the king of the gods ; in 269 and 272 length of time is ...
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Why is Anchises mentioned first in line 597 ? What is the circumstance alluded to in lines 648-9 ? What does the poet gain by making Anchises refuse to leave Troy ? What character- istics of Creusa may fairly be inferred from her short ...
Why is Anchises mentioned first in line 597 ? What is the circumstance alluded to in lines 648-9 ? What does the poet gain by making Anchises refuse to leave Troy ? What character- istics of Creusa may fairly be inferred from her short ...
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In what respects is the first line peculiarly fitting as an intro- duction ? Into what three major divisions or acts may ... What rhetorical device is employed in the ten lines beginning with 522 ? Is the same device used in any other ...
In what respects is the first line peculiarly fitting as an intro- duction ? Into what three major divisions or acts may ... What rhetorical device is employed in the ten lines beginning with 522 ? Is the same device used in any other ...
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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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