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In the general Introduction I have controverted Mr . Gladstone ' s view of the
relation of the Aeneid to the Homeric ... I may now be considered to be taking the
opposite side , in vindicating his right to be criticized independently of Homer .
In the general Introduction I have controverted Mr . Gladstone ' s view of the
relation of the Aeneid to the Homeric ... I may now be considered to be taking the
opposite side , in vindicating his right to be criticized independently of Homer .
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... leaving in a state of comparative imperfection a work which he had intended to
be bis masterpiece . To imagine that he was sensible of the unreality which , to a
certain extent , characterizes the Aeneid , as compared with the Homeric poems ...
... leaving in a state of comparative imperfection a work which he had intended to
be bis masterpiece . To imagine that he was sensible of the unreality which , to a
certain extent , characterizes the Aeneid , as compared with the Homeric poems ...
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The substance of the Homeric poetry , the conduct of the action and the
conception of the actors , came to Virgil modified by the intermediate agency of
the Greek drama . His view of the form may have been similarly affected by the
example of ...
The substance of the Homeric poetry , the conduct of the action and the
conception of the actors , came to Virgil modified by the intermediate agency of
the Greek drama . His view of the form may have been similarly affected by the
example of ...
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I have elsewhere remarked on Virgil ' s absolute silence about Homer , who ,
throughout the Aeneid , is never named or ... This avowed rivalry , I venture to
think , should be borne in mind in estimating , not only the similarity of the
Homeric and ...
I have elsewhere remarked on Virgil ' s absolute silence about Homer , who ,
throughout the Aeneid , is never named or ... This avowed rivalry , I venture to
think , should be borne in mind in estimating , not only the similarity of the
Homeric and ...
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is drawn by Homer at a time when , from the nature of the case , he could only
play a secondary part in the action ; yet ... Virgil , it is true , represents his Ulysses
as engaging in crimes from which the Homeric Ulysses would probably have ...
is drawn by Homer at a time when , from the nature of the case , he could only
play a secondary part in the action ; yet ... Virgil , it is true , represents his Ulysses
as engaging in crimes from which the Homeric Ulysses would probably have ...
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| Title | P. Vergili Maronis opera: The first six books of the Aeneid. 1863 Bibliotheca classica Volume 2 of P. Vergili Maronis opera: The works of Virgil, Henry Nettleship |
| Author | Virgil |
| Contributor | John Conington |
| Publisher | Whittaker, 1863 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Aug 2006 |
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