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dee which opens the couplet is followed by dactyls , which with the help of assonance strikingly depict the effect of the blow . The vivid narrative of the paragraph reaches a climax in the emotional apos- trophe ( 56 ) , which makes an ...
dee which opens the couplet is followed by dactyls , which with the help of assonance strikingly depict the effect of the blow . The vivid narrative of the paragraph reaches a climax in the emotional apos- trophe ( 56 ) , which makes an ...
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Sinonem : note the rhetorical effect of using the name instead of me . The prisoner thus strengthens his case by giving the name a sort of fictitious value . Others may be meudacious , but certainly not Sinon .
Sinonem : note the rhetorical effect of using the name instead of me . The prisoner thus strengthens his case by giving the name a sort of fictitious value . Others may be meudacious , but certainly not Sinon .
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( In the description of Cerberus , note the picturesque effect of the a and u sounds , and the prominence of r , the littera canina , as it was known to the Romans . Note , too , the dactylic rhythm of 421. ) Lines 426-439 .
( In the description of Cerberus , note the picturesque effect of the a and u sounds , and the prominence of r , the littera canina , as it was known to the Romans . Note , too , the dactylic rhythm of 421. ) Lines 426-439 .
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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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