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 →
Verbal Artistry in Vergil: Elision in Aeneid 1.389 In Aeneid 1.387-9 Venus begins her third address to Aeneas with instruction for him to betake himself to the palace of Dido. In 389, she says: Perge m Continue Reading →