AEQVOR: THE SEA OF PROPHECIES IN VIRGIL'SAENEID

Autor: M. Pilar García Ruiz
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Classical Quarterly. 64:694-706
ISSN: 1471-6844
0009-8388
DOI: 10.1017/s0009838814000159
Popis: In a well-known article, Hodnett pointed out that Virgil emphasizes the peacefulness and quiet of the sea, its immensity and limitlessness, in contrast to the view articulated by the Roman poets of the Republic, which presents the sea as deceptive and fearsome. Among the many terms used in theAeneidto denote the sea,aequorstands out precisely because it is the term most frequently used by Virgil in place of the wordmare.
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