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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 Romans entertained a popular idea that the Carthaginians were a treacherous people . bilinguis : properly applies to snakes , which were supposed to have two tongues . 662. urit atrox Iuno : the vindictiveness of Juno chafes her ...
The Romans entertained a popular idea that the Carthaginians were a treacherous people . bilinguis : properly applies to snakes , which were supposed to have two tongues . 662. urit atrox Iuno : the vindictiveness of Juno chafes her ...
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353. moriamur . ruamus : an illustration of hysteron pro- teron ( reversal of ideas ) . Its use is often due to a desire ... Here moria- mur may well come first , as it contains the more important idea . 354. salus : sc . est . sperare ...
353. moriamur . ruamus : an illustration of hysteron pro- teron ( reversal of ideas ) . Its use is often due to a desire ... Here moria- mur may well come first , as it contains the more important idea . 354. salus : sc . est . sperare ...
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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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