Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Sense and Word-Choice in Aeneid 1.483-7 As Aeneas inspects the pictures in Juno’s temple, he sees Hector dragged three times around the walls of Troy by Achilles: Ter circum Iliacos raptaver Continue Reading →
Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Alliteration in Aeneid 1:479-82 In Aeneid 1.479ff. we see the Trojans approaching the temple of Athena as depicted in the temple of Juno in Carthage: Interea ad templum non aequae Pa Continue Reading →
Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Anaphora in Aeneid 1.421-29 After Venus departs, Aeneas continues on and climbs a hill, from where he can descry the building of Carthage. Vergil writes: Miratur molem Aeneas, ma Continue Reading →