The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil
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" vi. 793-4.
EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 347 He is there proclaimed to be greater in the extent of his conquests and civilising labours than Hercules and Bacchus.
And, though less prominently than in the Invocation to the Georgics, divine honours and the function of answering prayer are promised to him by the mouth of Jupiter — Hunc tu olim caelo, spoliis Orientis onustum, Accipies secura; vocabitur hie quoque votis'.
The personal figure of the Emperor is thus encompassed with the halo of militar...y glory, of beneficent action on the world, of a divine sanction, and of an ultimate heritage of divine honours.
The Aeneid considered as a representative work of genius is thus seen to be the expression or embodiment of an idea of powerful meaning for the age in which the poem was written, for the centuries immediately succeeding that age, and, through the action of historical associations, for all times. As the great poem of Dante gained both imme- diate and permanent attention by the human interest which it imparted to the spiritual idea on which mediaeval Europe based its life ; as the inspiration of Milton's great Epic was drawn from his passionate sympathy with the intensest form of religious and political life in his age ; so the quality of Virgil's genius which secured for him the most immediate and the most lasting consideration was his sympathetic comprehension of the imperial idea of Rome in its secular, religious, and personal significance.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" vi. 793-4.
EPIC OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 347 He is there proclaimed to be greater in the extent of his conquests and civilising labours than Hercules and Bacchus.
And, though less prominently than in the Invocation to the Georgics, divine honours and the function of answering prayer are promised to him by the mouth of Jupiter — Hunc tu olim caelo, spoliis Orientis onustum, Accipies secura; vocabitur hie quoque votis'.
The personal figure of the Emperor is thus encompassed with the halo of militar...y glory, of beneficent action on the world, of a divine sanction, and of an ultimate heritage of divine honours.
The Aeneid considered as a representative work of genius is thus seen to be the expression or embodiment of an idea of powerful meaning for the age in which the poem was written, for the centuries immediately succeeding that age, and, through the action of historical associations, for all times. As the great poem of Dante gained both imme- diate and permanent attention by the human interest which it imparted to the spiritual idea on which mediaeval Europe based its life ; as the inspiration of Milton's great Epic was drawn from his passionate sympathy with the intensest form of religious and political life in his age ; so the quality of Virgil's genius which secured for him the most immediate and the most lasting consideration was his sympathetic comprehension of the imperial idea of Rome in its secular, religious, and personal significance.
What to read after The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W Y William Young Sellar to read onlineMoreLess
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