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Page vii
... Augustan Age . Besides the special acknowledgments of ideas or infor- mation derived from various sources , which are made in notes at the foot of the page where an occasion for them arises , I have to make a general acknowledgment of ...
... Augustan Age . Besides the special acknowledgments of ideas or infor- mation derived from various sources , which are made in notes at the foot of the page where an occasion for them arises , I have to make a general acknowledgment of ...
Page xi
... Augustus the centre of the national enthusiasm Deification of the Emperor in the poetry of the Age illustrated by other extant works of art Direction given to national sentiment by Augustus III . Influence of Patronage on the Augustan ...
... Augustus the centre of the national enthusiasm Deification of the Emperor in the poetry of the Age illustrated by other extant works of art Direction given to national sentiment by Augustus III . Influence of Patronage on the Augustan ...
Page xii
... Augustan to the Alexandrine literature Friendly relations among the poets of the Augustan Age Influence of these relations on their art Hostility of other literary coteries VI . Causes of the special devotion to Poetry in the Augustan ...
... Augustan to the Alexandrine literature Friendly relations among the poets of the Augustan Age Influence of these relations on their art Hostility of other literary coteries VI . Causes of the special devotion to Poetry in the Augustan ...
Page xvii
... Augustus . 294 295 297 II . Adaptation of the legend of Aeneas to Virgil's purpose 298-307 Adaptation of the legend of Romulus to a poem founded on national sentiment . 298 Deficiency of the legend of Aeneas in national and human ...
... Augustus . 294 295 297 II . Adaptation of the legend of Aeneas to Virgil's purpose 298-307 Adaptation of the legend of Romulus to a poem founded on national sentiment . 298 Deficiency of the legend of Aeneas in national and human ...
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... Augustus in the Aeneid 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 is founded • 331-342 331 333 334 336 337 340 ...
... Augustus in the Aeneid 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 is founded • 331-342 331 333 334 336 337 340 ...
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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.
Page 159 - ... hinc tibi quae semper vicino ab limite saepes Hyblaeis apibus florem depasta salicti saepe levi somnum suadebit inire susurro hinc alta sub rupe canet frondator ad auras nee tamen interea raucae tua cura palumbes nee gemere aeria cessabit turtur ab ulmo.
Page 239 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
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.