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Epics The Aeneid And Metamorphoses: A Comparison
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Both Vergil and Ovid imbedded underlying meanings in their epics The
Aeneid and Metamorphoses. In this paper I will focus on the underlying meaning
in the Underworld scene in Vergil's The Aeneid (lines 356 through 1199). I will
also focus on three scenes in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Both epics cont ....
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....s, "... and by what
rule must some keep off the bank ..." (Lines 419 - 421) he may symbolically be
referring to the "Struggle of the Orders" that the early Republic experienced.
(Short Histories, p22)
As Aeneas wanders through the Underworld, he notices Dido wandering
about. (Lines 593 - 626) He tries to talk to her, but his words serve no
purpose; she flees from him. He then sees the souls of those who died in battle.
(Lines 628 - 650) These lines correspond to the Punic Wars that occurre.... |
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