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Page xvi
... hero , Æneas , whom Virgil sought to ennoble in the eyes of his countrymen . Possessed , as depicted by the poet , of unquestionably noble traits , and human in all his acts , still his treatment of the lovely queen , Dido , was simply ...
... hero , Æneas , whom Virgil sought to ennoble in the eyes of his countrymen . Possessed , as depicted by the poet , of unquestionably noble traits , and human in all his acts , still his treatment of the lovely queen , Dido , was simply ...
Page xvii
... hero , as a victim of fate . But it is a blemish on the hero's char- acter , clinging , in the readers ' memory , to him through all his subsequent career , in spite of desire to banish it . But with this one notable exception , Eneas ...
... hero , as a victim of fate . But it is a blemish on the hero's char- acter , clinging , in the readers ' memory , to him through all his subsequent career , in spite of desire to banish it . But with this one notable exception , Eneas ...
Page xviii
... hero of the rarest type , and deserving a nobler destiny than the poet , by way of contrast for the greater exaltation of his own chosen hero , Æneas , has seen fit to assign him . Mezentius , too , in spite of his contempt for the gods ...
... hero of the rarest type , and deserving a nobler destiny than the poet , by way of contrast for the greater exaltation of his own chosen hero , Æneas , has seen fit to assign him . Mezentius , too , in spite of his contempt for the gods ...
Page xix
... heroes and their chivalric achievements . But the Æneid possesses an interest scarcely less to the student of history and philosophy , for the distinct and clear light thrown by the poct in it upon the religious and philosophic ...
... heroes and their chivalric achievements . But the Æneid possesses an interest scarcely less to the student of history and philosophy , for the distinct and clear light thrown by the poct in it upon the religious and philosophic ...
Page xxix
... hero , Eneas , a wanderer , exiled by fate , and under the ban of Juno's wrath : the Muse invoked to reveal its causes : I - II . These briefly stated 12-32 . Then , with a glance at Carthage , Juno's pet - city and the scene of N an ...
... hero , Eneas , a wanderer , exiled by fate , and under the ban of Juno's wrath : the Muse invoked to reveal its causes : I - II . These briefly stated 12-32 . Then , with a glance at Carthage , Juno's pet - city and the scene of N an ...
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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