The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the Aeneid |
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... Roman synthesis . One major concern , however , is genuinely Roman . Vergil's attachment to Homer is akin to Roman reverence for the auctoritas of traditional forms - a reverence found elsewhere in Roman life . Just as political acts ...
... Roman synthesis . One major concern , however , is genuinely Roman . Vergil's attachment to Homer is akin to Roman reverence for the auctoritas of traditional forms - a reverence found elsewhere in Roman life . Just as political acts ...
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... Roman content . " The political and religious attachment of the Romans to the mos maiorum had its counterpart in a spiritual tie to the Greek form . The same self - control and disciplined resigna- tion was important to both . It was an ...
... Roman content . " The political and religious attachment of the Romans to the mos maiorum had its counterpart in a spiritual tie to the Greek form . The same self - control and disciplined resigna- tion was important to both . It was an ...
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... Roman manner and way of thinking , the inner discipline and mental superiority , the Roman feeling for the sanctity of law and treaty , all distinguish Aeneas from Turnus , and -according to the Roman concept of the laws of politics ...
... Roman manner and way of thinking , the inner discipline and mental superiority , the Roman feeling for the sanctity of law and treaty , all distinguish Aeneas from Turnus , and -according to the Roman concept of the laws of politics ...
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Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Allecto animi Antike Apollonius Apollonius Rhodius appears aristeia artistic Ascanius atque attitude basic battle beauty beginning Camilla Carthage Cato character climax connected contrast dark death decision demonic destiny Diana Dido Dido and Aeneas Dido's divine Ennius epic Eurotae expression fata fate feeling fight followed fortuna Georgics gesture glory goddess gods Goethe grandeur Greek grief guilt heart Hector Heinze hero hero's heroic hinc Homer human Iliad inner interpretation Iopas Italian Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's Juturna Latinus light meaning Mezentius mood motif movement nature Odyssey Pallas passion Phegeus poet poet's poetic poetry quam queen Roman Rome Rutulians Sainte-Beuve scene sense sequence Servius simile sixth book sorrow soul speech Stoic sublime suffering symbol temple tion tragedy tragic Trojan Troy true Turnus Venus Vergil Vergil's art Vergilian verses waves whole poem words