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... interest of the Government Patrons of literature - Augustus Personal influence of Maecenas • Pollio , Messala , Agrippa , Cornelius Gallus Causes of the connexion between literature and social eminence Effects of this connexion on the ...
... interest of the Government Patrons of literature - Augustus Personal influence of Maecenas • Pollio , Messala , Agrippa , Cornelius Gallus Causes of the connexion between literature and social eminence Effects of this connexion on the ...
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... interest in remote antiquity Literary reaction at the end of the 18th century 588 59 60 61-68 61 61 64 65 67 68-77 69 70 71 / 74V 74 74 75 III . Virgil's supreme importance as a representative writer . xii CONTENTS .
... interest in remote antiquity Literary reaction at the end of the 18th century 588 59 60 61-68 61 61 64 65 67 68-77 69 70 71 / 74V 74 74 75 III . Virgil's supreme importance as a representative writer . xii CONTENTS .
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... interest in the sixth 144 The ' Pollio ' 145 Questions discussed in connexion with that poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues . 147 150 . II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral 153-162 Theocritean origin of Virgil's Eclogues ...
... interest in the sixth 144 The ' Pollio ' 145 Questions discussed in connexion with that poem The eighth and tenth Eclogues . 147 150 . II . Relation of the Eclogues to the Greek Pastoral 153-162 Theocritean origin of Virgil's Eclogues ...
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... interest . 298 Greek origin of the legend 299 Its late reception among the Romans 301 Vague and composite character of the legend 302 Grounds on which Virgil's choice justified 302 Connexion of the legend with the Homeric cycle of ...
... interest . 298 Greek origin of the legend 299 Its late reception among the Romans 301 Vague and composite character of the legend 302 Grounds on which Virgil's choice justified 302 Connexion of the legend with the Homeric cycle of ...
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... Interest to Roman readers of the revival of Homeric life 352 99 39 99 of the new romance of Italy 353 Virgil's narrative power Inferiority to Homer in exhibiting a vivid image of life 354 355 " 9 99 " 9 from causes personal to Virgil ...
... Interest to Roman readers of the revival of Homeric life 352 99 39 99 of the new romance of Italy 353 Virgil's narrative power Inferiority to Homer in exhibiting a vivid image of life 354 355 " 9 99 " 9 from causes personal to Virgil ...
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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.