Relation of the illustrative matter to the cultivated Italian mind Italian character of the religious sentiment of the poem THE ROMAN EPIC BEFORE THE TIME OF VIRGIL Distinction between primitive and literary epic Absence of primitive epics from Roman literature TRoman epic originates in the imitation of the Greek epic 277-291 New type of Roman epic introduced by Varro Atacinus Its recognition by the State for more than two centuries Connexion with the glory of the Julian family. Largeness of scope afforded by the vagueness of the legend III. Composite character of the Aeneid illustrated by an Twofold purpose of Virgil in composing the Aeneid Native and Greek sources employed by him Prominence given to his double purpose in the statement of the Augustus the typical embodiment of Roman imperialism . Meaning given by Virgil to his relation to Aeneas Imaginative and ethical value of the idea on which the Aeneid I. General character of the action as affected by the Age in Dignity of the circumstances treated in the poem Distinction of the actors PAGE 350-360 His exact acquaintance with religious ceremonial III. Political and Social Life, etc. as represented in the Aeneid 371-384 Idea of a Paternal Government in the Aeneid Sense of majesty attaching to Government IV. Conception and Delineation of Character in the Aeneid Weakness of dramatic imagination in Virgil Virgil's imagination oratorical rather than dramatic . 411 198, line 2 from the end, for its shock read the shock of that force, and Relation of the Augustan Age to other Literary Epochs. THE Augustan Age, regarded as a critical epoch in the history of the world, extends from the date of the battle of Actium, when Octavianus became undisputed master of the world, to his death in the year 14 A.D. But the age known by that name as a great epoch in the history of literature begins some years earlier, and ends with the death of Livy and Ovid in the third year of the following reign. Of the poets belonging to that age whose writings have reached modern times-Virgil, Horace, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid-all were born, and some had reached manhood, before the final overthrow of the Republic at the battle of Philippi. The earlier poems of Virgil and Horace belong to the period between that date and the establishment of the Empire. The age of the Augustan poets may accordingly be regarded as extending from about the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B. C. to the death of Ovid 17 A.D. The whole of this period was one of great literary activity, especially in the department of poetry. Besides |
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