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Page 215
... short Episode that is apt to look pointless , since nothing happens in it . Its function is to provide a recapitulatory glimpse of the Trojans , back where they were at 9.468-72 before the ill - considered sortie of Pandarus and Bitias ...
... short Episode that is apt to look pointless , since nothing happens in it . Its function is to provide a recapitulatory glimpse of the Trojans , back where they were at 9.468-72 before the ill - considered sortie of Pandarus and Bitias ...
Page 216
... short invocation ) with a formal catalogue of the ships under Aeneas ' command , and ending on the same formal note in a 2 - line tailpiece ( 213-14 ) . For as the catalogue progresses , full scope is given to the play of the intellect ...
... short invocation ) with a formal catalogue of the ships under Aeneas ' command , and ending on the same formal note in a 2 - line tailpiece ( 213-14 ) . For as the catalogue progresses , full scope is given to the play of the intellect ...
Page 352
... short syllable was enclosed by long syllables was precluded.2 Not a few of the commonest Latin words fall under this or similar metrical bans , or are limited by them to certain forms . Nowhere in Virgil's poem can ' soldiers ...
... short syllable was enclosed by long syllables was precluded.2 Not a few of the commonest Latin words fall under this or similar metrical bans , or are limited by them to certain forms . Nowhere in Virgil's poem can ' soldiers ...
Contents
FORM AND TECHNIQUE | 277 |
Difference in Attitude between Virgil and Homer | 284 |
Impure Poetry | 293 |
Copyright | |
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action Aeneas Aeneid appearance Augustus battle becomes begins Book bring camp Chapter character comes common Compare complete context course death described detail Dido divine duel effect Ennius epic Episode example expect face fact falls fate feel fighting final follows force function give gods Greek hand happened heroic historical Homer horse idea Iliad interest Italian Italy killed kind Latin leaves less lines look meaning Mezentius mind narrative naturally night normal opening Pallas passage perhaps phrase poem poet poetry present prose reaction reader rhetoric Roman scene seems sense Servius ships short side simile situation speak speech statement story strikes structure style suggest Tableau taken technique tell things thought tradition Tragic Trojans turn Turnus Venus Virgil wants writing