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Page xii
... Aeneid among the Romans 99 39 " " " " 99 during the ' Dark Ages ' at the revival of letters during the 17th and 18th centuries II . Change in the estimate of Virgil in the present century . Virgil's alleged dissatisfaction with the Aeneid ...
... Aeneid among the Romans 99 39 " " " " 99 during the ' Dark Ages ' at the revival of letters during the 17th and 18th centuries II . Change in the estimate of Virgil in the present century . Virgil's alleged dissatisfaction with the Aeneid ...
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... AENEID . I. Purpose of the Aeneid and motives determining the form 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 289 290 of the Poem Literary motives of the poem 292-297 292 • Motive originating in the state of public feeling 99 99 New problem in ...
... AENEID . I. Purpose of the Aeneid and motives determining the form 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 289 290 of the Poem Literary motives of the poem 292-297 292 • Motive originating in the state of public feeling 99 99 New problem in ...
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... Aeneid a new type of epic poetry CHAPTER X. THE AENEID AS THE EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . I. Modes of National Sentiment expressed in the Aeneid . 322-331 Pride of Empire 322 Sense of national continuity 325 Patriotic Italian sentiment ...
... Aeneid a new type of epic poetry CHAPTER X. THE AENEID AS THE EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . I. Modes of National Sentiment expressed in the Aeneid . 322-331 Pride of Empire 322 Sense of national continuity 325 Patriotic Italian sentiment ...
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... Aeneid Part played by the Olympian Divinities in the Aeneid by the Powers of the Italian mythology . 29 Survivals of primitive religious worship in the Aeneid • 359 360-371 360 363 364 Belief in local deities Worship of the dead ...
... Aeneid Part played by the Olympian Divinities in the Aeneid by the Powers of the Italian mythology . 29 Survivals of primitive religious worship in the Aeneid • 359 360-371 360 363 364 Belief in local deities Worship of the dead ...
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William Young Sellar. V. On the Style , etc. of the Aeneid Virgil's imagination oratorical rather than dramatic . Characteristics of the speeches in the Aeneid Descriptive faculty Illustrative imagery . Rhythm and diction of the poem ...
William Young Sellar. V. On the Style , etc. of the Aeneid Virgil's imagination oratorical rather than dramatic . Characteristics of the speeches in the Aeneid Descriptive faculty Illustrative imagery . Rhythm and diction of the poem ...
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Page 245 - Hanc olim veteres vitam coluere Sabini, hanc Remus et frater, sic fortis Etruria crevit scilicet et rerum facta est pulcherrima Roma, septemque una sibi muro circumdedit arces.
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Page 159 - PR o mihi tum longae maneat pars ultima vitae, spiritus et, quantum sat erit tua dicere facta : non me carminibus vincet nee Thracius Orpheus, 55 nee Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.