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Page xvi
... Dido afford conclusive proof , that if Virgil had chosen dramatic writing for his province , he might have equalled or surpassed the noblest tragedies of the Greeks . " In comparing Virgil with Homer , Professor Bowen adds : " He could ...
... Dido afford conclusive proof , that if Virgil had chosen dramatic writing for his province , he might have equalled or surpassed the noblest tragedies of the Greeks . " In comparing Virgil with Homer , Professor Bowen adds : " He could ...
Page xvii
... : each is distinct , and cannot be forgotten . His " fidus Achates , " from first to last , is a model of subservient fidelity . Barcé , the elderly nurse of Dido , though but incidentally introduced , PREFACE . xvii.
... : each is distinct , and cannot be forgotten . His " fidus Achates , " from first to last , is a model of subservient fidelity . Barcé , the elderly nurse of Dido , though but incidentally introduced , PREFACE . xvii.
Page xviii
... Dido herself is one of the best - sketched characters in the poem . She is a queen , beautiful in appearance , and ... Dido's portraiture as in that of Æneas , or Turnus , or the vacillating Latinus . Even her indignantly scornful ...
... Dido herself is one of the best - sketched characters in the poem . She is a queen , beautiful in appearance , and ... Dido's portraiture as in that of Æneas , or Turnus , or the vacillating Latinus . Even her indignantly scornful ...
Page xxix
... Dido to a favorable reception of the stranded Trojans : 297-304 . Venus , in the meantime , disguised as a huntress ... Dido's early history and settlement in Carthage : 335-371 . Eneas , in return , describes his circumstances and ...
... Dido to a favorable reception of the stranded Trojans : 297-304 . Venus , in the meantime , disguised as a huntress ... Dido's early history and settlement in Carthage : 335-371 . Eneas , in return , describes his circumstances and ...
Page xxxi
... DIDO'S LOVE AND TRAGIC DEATH . THE next morning after the banquet , and the narration of Æneas , Dido discloses to her sister , Anna , her passionate love for their new guest , and her scruples in regard to a second marriage , and is ...
... DIDO'S LOVE AND TRAGIC DEATH . THE next morning after the banquet , and the narration of Æneas , Dido discloses to her sister , Anna , her passionate love for their new guest , and her scruples in regard to a second marriage , and is ...
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Acestes Æneas Æneid æther afar altars Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius Ausonian battle bespeaks billows blood body bosom breezes buckler Camilla Carthage cavern charger chariot chieftains comrades Creüsa Danaäns Dardan Dardanian death deep deities Dido earth Eneas Euryalus Evander exclaims eyes fates father Æneas Faunus flames fleet flits foemen forests fortune goddess gods gold grove hast hath heaven Helenus helmet Hence hero hexameter hither honor Ilian Italia Iülus Juno Jupiter Juturna land Latins Latium lofty mansions Meanwhile Messapus Mezentius midst mighty Mnestheus monarch mother mountains night Nisus o'er ocean offspring once Pallas Pergamus Phoebus Phrygian pity plains Priam ramparts right hand river round rushing Rutulians sabre sails Sergestus shalt shores shoulders sister slaughter slumber soul Spake spear spirit squadron steeds summons surges Tarchon temples Teucrans thee thine thou threshold Trojan Turnus Tyrrhenian uttered valor Venus Virgil wafted war-spear warfare warriors weapons winds wound