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The Aeneid takes its name from the hero , yet it is not he but the action which gives unity , viz . the new settlement of the ... The opening words , arma virumque , indicate the subject , with the hero's purpose , " dum conderet urbem ...
The Aeneid takes its name from the hero , yet it is not he but the action which gives unity , viz . the new settlement of the ... The opening words , arma virumque , indicate the subject , with the hero's purpose , " dum conderet urbem ...
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As a representative of the cultivated and complex Augus- tan age , too closely identified , perhaps , with abstract ideas , Aeneas does not evoke among Virgil's readers the same enthusiasm as is felt for a hero of a simpler ...
As a representative of the cultivated and complex Augus- tan age , too closely identified , perhaps , with abstract ideas , Aeneas does not evoke among Virgil's readers the same enthusiasm as is felt for a hero of a simpler ...
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( The revelation to Aeneas passes into a splendid eulogy of Rome's future heroes . These are divided into chronological groups , ( a ) Alban kings , ( b ) Roman kings , ( c ) republican heroes ; but within these groups chronological ...
( The revelation to Aeneas passes into a splendid eulogy of Rome's future heroes . These are divided into chronological groups , ( a ) Alban kings , ( b ) Roman kings , ( c ) republican heroes ; but within these groups chronological ...
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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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