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The alliteration in tanta tenuit emphasizes the irony . generis vestri : the winds were sons of Aurora and the Titan Astraeus , who had rebelled against Jupiter . 133. iam . . . audetis : i.e. unruly as you have been , do you now dare ...
The alliteration in tanta tenuit emphasizes the irony . generis vestri : the winds were sons of Aurora and the Titan Astraeus , who had rebelled against Jupiter . 133. iam . . . audetis : i.e. unruly as you have been , do you now dare ...
Page 227
Other alliterations are sed summa sequar ( 342 ) , magno miserae ( 344 ) , superat securus ( 350 ) , multa malus ( 352 ) , modis miris ( 354 ) , viae veteris ( 358 ) . The opening spondees of 355 are noteworthy ; the slow rhythm of 359 ...
Other alliterations are sed summa sequar ( 342 ) , magno miserae ( 344 ) , superat securus ( 350 ) , multa malus ( 352 ) , modis miris ( 354 ) , viae veteris ( 358 ) . The opening spondees of 355 are noteworthy ; the slow rhythm of 359 ...
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Besides the beauty of thought , note the cumulative effect of the balanced phrases in the three opening verses , with the impressive spondaic rhythm ( 637 ) , the alliteration ( locos laetos ) , and the simi- larity of final syllables .
Besides the beauty of thought , note the cumulative effect of the balanced phrases in the three opening verses , with the impressive spondaic rhythm ( 637 ) , the alliteration ( locos laetos ) , and the simi- larity of final syllables .
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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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