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His father was of humble station , but a man of energy and integrity , who prospered in the world by keeping bees . and investing in ... while certain passages in the Aeneid indicate the poet's interest in his father's employments .
His father was of humble station , but a man of energy and integrity , who prospered in the world by keeping bees . and investing in ... while certain passages in the Aeneid indicate the poet's interest in his father's employments .
Page 276
In Virgil the sons are slain first , then the father . In the Vatican group ( Fig . 10 ) the serpents , perhaps owing to the limitations of sculpture , assail all simultaneously . Poetry can always tell more than sculpture or painting .
In Virgil the sons are slain first , then the father . In the Vatican group ( Fig . 10 ) the serpents , perhaps owing to the limitations of sculpture , assail all simultaneously . Poetry can always tell more than sculpture or painting .
Page 375
O Tiber , Father Tiber , to whom the Romans pray , " is said in the classical spirit , and in Paris we may see a splendid representation of the Tiber god . ( Cf. Fig . 76 , p . 510. ) As with rivers , so with mountains .
O Tiber , Father Tiber , to whom the Romans pray , " is said in the classical spirit , and in Paris we may see a splendid representation of the Tiber god . ( Cf. Fig . 76 , p . 510. ) As with rivers , so with mountains .
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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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