Suggestions introductory to a study of the AeneidClarendon Press, 1875 - 47 pages |
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... once one of the most popular poets and the most classical poet of Rome , could not have gained this position without great original power . Because Vergil chose a vast and multitudinous mate- rial to work upon some critics have supposed ...
... once one of the most popular poets and the most classical poet of Rome , could not have gained this position without great original power . Because Vergil chose a vast and multitudinous mate- rial to work upon some critics have supposed ...
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... matter , which is far from being the case , we could not deny to Vergil the poet's privilege of conceiving and developing his own characters in his own way . are taken at once into a scene which foreshadows , a Study of the Aeneid . I I.
... matter , which is far from being the case , we could not deny to Vergil the poet's privilege of conceiving and developing his own characters in his own way . are taken at once into a scene which foreshadows , a Study of the Aeneid . I I.
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Henry Nettleship. are taken at once into a scene which foreshadows , in legendary form , the greatest event of Roman history , the conflict of Rome with Carthage1 . Aeneas , the future lawgiver of Italy 2 , is brought face to face with ...
Henry Nettleship. are taken at once into a scene which foreshadows , in legendary form , the greatest event of Roman history , the conflict of Rome with Carthage1 . Aeneas , the future lawgiver of Italy 2 , is brought face to face with ...
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... once suggest that Vergil intended to embody in his picture the poetical view of that inner side of ancient religion which the mysteries may be supposed to have presented . As a son Aeneas goes to meet his father's spirit as a king and a ...
... once suggest that Vergil intended to embody in his picture the poetical view of that inner side of ancient religion which the mysteries may be supposed to have presented . As a son Aeneas goes to meet his father's spirit as a king and a ...
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... once upon true national ground : he was an Italian minstrel singing to Italians , whether truly or mythically is of less consequence , about an Italian hero . ' I cannot think that a careful study of the Aeneid will be found to bear out ...
... once upon true national ground : he was an Italian minstrel singing to Italians , whether truly or mythically is of less consequence , about an Italian hero . ' I cannot think that a careful study of the Aeneid will be found to bear out ...
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¹ Aen Aeneas Ajax Arctinus arma atque Augustus battle Caesars Camilla Cicero conception Conington's criticism cultu death detail Dido divine doctrine embodied empire Ennius Epic cycle episode etiam Euripides Evander foll fragm Georgic gods Greek epic Greek tragedy Heaven Heracles hero heroic Homeric Homeric poems honour ideas Iliad imagination imitation Italian Italy Latinus Lausus literary Lobeck Lucretius Manes meet Aeneas Messapus Mezentius mihi modern reader moenia mythology narrative natural Odyssey Orphic Pallas passage passion Pausanias Pindar poetical treatment poetry popular quae quibus quote religious represented Roman poet Roman religion Rome rude Rutulians says second Aeneid sixth Aeneid sixth book Sophocles soul spirit story tenth book terra thought tibi traditions transmigration tribes Trojan Turbidus Turnus venture to think Vergil violence of Turnus violentia warriors Welcker worship γὰρ δὲ ἐν ἐς καὶ μὲν οἱ τοῖς τοῦ τῶν
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Page 44 - Quaesitor Minos urnam movet; ille silentum Conciliumque vocat vitasque et crimina discit.
Page 46 - Age at the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Empire.
Page 15 - Flectere ludus equos et spicula tendere cornu. At patiens operum parvoque adsueta iuventus Aut rastris terram domat, aut quatit oppida bello. Omne aevum ferro teritur, versaque iuvencum Terga fatigamus hasta ; nec tarda senectus Debilitat viris animi mutatque vigorem : Canitiem galea premimus ; semperque recentis Comportare iuvat praedas et vivere rapto.
Page 34 - Dulces exuviae, dum fata deusque sinebant, accipite hanc animam, meque his exsolvite curis. Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum fortuna, peregi, et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. Urbem praeclaram statui ; mea moenia vidi ; 655 ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi ; felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae ! ' Dixit, et os impressa toro, ' Moriemur inultae, sed moriamur
Page 21 - Perusia capta in plurimos animadvertit, orare veniam vel excusare se conantibus una voce occurrens " moriendum esse." Scribunt quidam trecentos ex dediticiis electos utriusque ordinis ad aram Divo lulio exstructam Idibus Martiis hostiarum more mactatos.
Page 33 - Sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat, 'Vel Pater omnipotens adigat me fulmine ad umbras, 25 'Pallentes umbras Erebi noctemque profundam, 'Ante, Pudor, quam te violo, aut tua iura resolvo. 'Ille meos, primus qui me sibi iunxit, amores 'Abstulit; ille habeat secum servetque sepulchro.
Page 12 - Et nos fas extera quaerere regna. 350 me patris Anchisae, quotiens umentibus umbris nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt, admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago ; me puer Ascanius capitisque injuria cari, quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis.
Page 17 - Inpiger Aenea, volitantis frater Amoris, Troica qui profugis sacra vehis ratibus, lam tibi Laurentes adsignat luppiter agros, lam vocat errantes hospita terra Lares. Illic sanctus eris, cum te veneranda Numici Unda deum caelo miserit Indigetem. Ecce super fessas volitat Victoria puppes, Tandem ad Troianos diva superba venit. Ecce mihi lucent Rutulis incendia castris: 30 35 40 45 30.
Page 37 - Obstipuit varia confusus imagine rerum 665 Turnus, et obtutu tacito stetit; aestuat ingens Uno in corde pudor mixtoque insania luctu Et furiis agitatus amor et conscia virtus.
Page 22 - At vero ut voltum vidit morientis et ora, Ora modis Anchisiades pallentia miris, Ingemuit miserans graviter, dextramque tetendit, Et mentem patriae subiit pietatis imago. " Quid tibi nunc, miserande puer, pro laudibus istis, Quid pius Aeneas tanta dabit indole dignum? 826 Arma, quibus laetatus, habe tua; teque parentum Manibus et cineri, si qua est ea cura, remitto. Hoc tamen infelix miseram solabere mortem : Aeneae magni dextra cadis.