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In 203 , the opening dactyl , followed by a strong pause , emphasizes the appeal . The two following lines strike a hopeful note in the opening dactyls , but the tone cannot be maintained , and the spondaic rhythm , so strik- ing in ...
In 203 , the opening dactyl , followed by a strong pause , emphasizes the appeal . The two following lines strike a hopeful note in the opening dactyls , but the tone cannot be maintained , and the spondaic rhythm , so strik- ing in ...
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( The introductory dactyls of 418 suggest rapid motion , while the opposite is plainly expressed in the slow rhythm of 419. The opening dactyl of 420 , running over from the preceding line , seems to imply that the labor is past ...
( The introductory dactyls of 418 suggest rapid motion , while the opposite is plainly expressed in the slow rhythm of 419. The opening dactyl of 420 , running over from the preceding line , seems to imply that the labor is past ...
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the general dactylic movement depicts the hurry and scurry of the hunters , as well as the onrush of the torrents . ... This , however , is not followed , as before , by a series of rapid dactyls , but , in keeping with the gravity of ...
the general dactylic movement depicts the hurry and scurry of the hunters , as well as the onrush of the torrents . ... This , however , is not followed , as before , by a series of rapid dactyls , but , in keeping with the gravity of ...
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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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