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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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( Observe the alternation of rhythm in 455–7 . Andromache's misery ( note infelix and the spondaic rhythm of 455 ) is contrasted with the happiness of the olden days , when Astyanax was often taken in eager haste ( note trahebat and the ...
( Observe the alternation of rhythm in 455–7 . Andromache's misery ( note infelix and the spondaic rhythm of 455 ) is contrasted with the happiness of the olden days , when Astyanax was often taken in eager haste ( note trahebat and the ...
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The spondaic rhythm of 860 indicates the sorrowful tone of the nar- rative following , and the sadness is strongly emphasized by the same rhythm in two successive verses ( 868 , 869 ) , as well as in 877. It is still felt in 888.
The spondaic rhythm of 860 indicates the sorrowful tone of the nar- rative following , and the sadness is strongly emphasized by the same rhythm in two successive verses ( 868 , 869 ) , as well as in 877. It is still felt in 888.
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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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