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... Romans . Among these , besides his early and faithful friend Pollio , were Octavian , Maecenas , Varius , Horace , and Propertius . These and all other educated Romans of the day regarded Virgil as already superior in many respects to ...
... Romans . Among these , besides his early and faithful friend Pollio , were Octavian , Maecenas , Varius , Horace , and Propertius . These and all other educated Romans of the day regarded Virgil as already superior in many respects to ...
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... Roman mind , and as one of the choicest productions of all literature . There are fashions in criticism as well as in other things ; not , indeed , so changeful and transitory as those of dress , but fashions , nevertheless ; and of ...
... Roman mind , and as one of the choicest productions of all literature . There are fashions in criticism as well as in other things ; not , indeed , so changeful and transitory as those of dress , but fashions , nevertheless ; and of ...
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... Roman ideas and sentiments , and which was to appeal first of all to Romans , Virgil was compelled to conform to certain tendencies that were likely to affect any form of narrative poetry among the Romans . In the first place , such an ...
... Roman ideas and sentiments , and which was to appeal first of all to Romans , Virgil was compelled to conform to certain tendencies that were likely to affect any form of narrative poetry among the Romans . In the first place , such an ...
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... Roman history , and so transmit them to posterity . The Roman , then , in contrast with the Greek , chose to portray in poetical form actual historical events , past , or even contemporary , history that bore witness to the greatness of ...
... Roman history , and so transmit them to posterity . The Roman , then , in contrast with the Greek , chose to portray in poetical form actual historical events , past , or even contemporary , history that bore witness to the greatness of ...
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... Roman dominion during the administration of Augustus , imperium Oceano famam qui terminet astris . In selecting the story of Aeneas , Virgil thus united all the quali- ties necessary for a successful Roman epic . The character of the ...
... Roman dominion during the administration of Augustus , imperium Oceano famam qui terminet astris . In selecting the story of Aeneas , Virgil thus united all the quali- ties necessary for a successful Roman epic . The character of the ...
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ablative ablative absolute Aeneas Aeneid aequis aequore aethere agmina alta Anchises animis Apollo arma armis ārum Ascanius atque ātus ātus sum auras āvī caelo caelum caput circum cursu Dardanus dative dextra dictis Dido dissyllable entis equos fata ferro freq genus Greek haec Haud Helenus Hinc Hunc Iamque illa Ille ingens inter interea ipse itus Juno Jupiter king Latin Latinus Latium litora manus medio meton Mezentius mihi Mnestheus moenia multa neque nunc omnes omnia omnis ōnis ōris ōrum Pallas pater pectore Priam primum procul pron pugnae quae quam Quid quis quod Roman Rutuli Rutulian sanguine sẽ ships slain subst super synaeresis tela terras Teucri tibi tmesis Trojan Troy Turnus ultro unda urbe urbem videt Virgil