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... perhaps Virgil , Aeneid 5.519ff . ) . The ' s alliteration in these lines , the chiasmus summis .. fixa astra polis , and the hyperbole ( even the fixed stars are moved by the winds ) should be noted . 564-567 niger inficit horror ...
... perhaps Virgil , Aeneid 5.519ff . ) . The ' s alliteration in these lines , the chiasmus summis .. fixa astra polis , and the hyperbole ( even the fixed stars are moved by the winds ) should be noted . 564-567 niger inficit horror ...
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... perhaps breathe the lowest aether ' ) ) , as if the aether grew more like air or the air more like aether at their meeting - point . Here Pompey first fills himself with ' true light ' ( 11-12 se lumine vero / inplevit ) and sees ( 13 ) ...
... perhaps breathe the lowest aether ' ) ) , as if the aether grew more like air or the air more like aether at their meeting - point . Here Pompey first fills himself with ' true light ' ( 11-12 se lumine vero / inplevit ) and sees ( 13 ) ...
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... Perhaps the most appealing and carefully worked passage is that to do with the deity or personification of Sleep . The attacking forces of Polynices have suffered defeat . The Theban walls are closely guarded by the defending troops of ...
... Perhaps the most appealing and carefully worked passage is that to do with the deity or personification of Sleep . The attacking forces of Polynices have suffered defeat . The Theban walls are closely guarded by the defending troops of ...
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Achilles adjective Aeetes Aeneas Aeneid aequora aether amor Amyclas Apollo Apollonius Appendix passage Argonautica Argonauts arma atque battle bella Book caeli caelo Caesar caput Carmentis cedetur chariot Classical Colchis cura dative death Delphic deum deus divine Dorceu Ennius etiam Fama fata fera fluctus Fortuna funeral Georgics gods Greek haec haud heaven Homer iamque Iliad inter ipsa ipse Jason Latin epic latus litora Lucan manu Medea medio Metamorphoses metus mihi moralising Nero nubila nunc omni orbe Ovid pectore Phrixus poem poet's poetic poetry Pompey Pompey's prophetess pyre quae quam quis quoque Roman Rome scene Scipio Seneca Sextus Pompeius sidera siege of Massilia Silius Italicus Silvae Silver Age Silver epic poets Silver Latin similes Statius storm subitus tamen tantum terrae Thebaid tibi umbra unda underworld Valerius Flaccus Virgil Virgil Aeneid Virgilian viro virum volucres vultus younger Seneca