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... similes . Note on the fifth book . Note on Vergil's peculiarities of style . Note on the imitations of Homer and others in Vergil . Outline of Vergil's life . At the end of the book will be found Appendices , with the parallel passages ...
... similes . Note on the fifth book . Note on Vergil's peculiarities of style . Note on the imitations of Homer and others in Vergil . Outline of Vergil's life . At the end of the book will be found Appendices , with the parallel passages ...
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... similes - all these things , which charmed the educated Romans so much in the Greek epics , Vergil transplanted and naturalised in his own stately and melodious verse . Moreover , by going back to Aeneas and the tale of Troy , he raised ...
... similes - all these things , which charmed the educated Romans so much in the Greek epics , Vergil transplanted and naturalised in his own stately and melodious verse . Moreover , by going back to Aeneas and the tale of Troy , he raised ...
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... Similes . The following are the similes in this book : - ( 1 ) Line 89 a burnished snake , like a rainbow . ( 2 ) " " 144 " " The boats start in the race as swiftly as chariots in the games . ( 3 ) 213 Mnestheus ' boat shoots along like ...
... Similes . The following are the similes in this book : - ( 1 ) Line 89 a burnished snake , like a rainbow . ( 2 ) " " 144 " " The boats start in the race as swiftly as chariots in the games . ( 3 ) 213 Mnestheus ' boat shoots along like ...
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... similes , we see at once what they add to the poem in the way of ornament and of picturesque suggestive- Thus in ( 3 ) the picture of the startled dove fluttering at first , then sailing with unmoved wings through the liquid air , is ...
... similes , we see at once what they add to the poem in the way of ornament and of picturesque suggestive- Thus in ( 3 ) the picture of the startled dove fluttering at first , then sailing with unmoved wings through the liquid air , is ...
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... similes , and in some ways the most vivid , the details still are irrelevant : the wounded boat is in many ways ... simile , for the most part the details are worked out independently , and while they relieve and adorn the epic narrative ...
... similes , and in some ways the most vivid , the details still are irrelevant : the wounded boat is in many ways ... simile , for the most part the details are worked out independently , and while they relieve and adorn the epic narrative ...
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