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Excerpt from Hellenistic Influence on the AeneidEspecially at this moment is this study of interest, for now, after much debate and argument, we have learned to recognize the Ciris and the Culex as poems of Vergil's youth.1 And so we are ready to discuss not only traces of Hellenistic art in the Aeneid, but the progression of Hellenistic art in Vergil from its cruder manifestations, as revealed in the earlier poems, up to the ripened stage, wh...

Excerpt from Studies in Ennius: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Bryn Mawr College in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThe legend was therefore recognized, long before the time of the earliest praetexta, as the explanation of Rome's origin, in symbols which set forth her civic and imperial power both within and without the city. But since a considerable interval must elapse between the rise...

Portrays monasticism as it developed under Columban, Benedict, and Gregory the Great

Filled with drama and action, here is the story of the ninth-century life and times of Alfred--warrior, conqueror, lawmaker, scholar, and the only king whom England has ever called "The Great." Based on up-to-date information on ninth-century history, geography, philosophy, literature, and social life, it vividly presents exciting views of Alfred in every stage of his long career and leaves the reader with a sharply-etched picture of the world...

Recreates the 9th-century world of Charlemagne through portraits of outstanding figures of the age

Excerpt from Studies in Ennius: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Bryn Mawr College in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThe legend was therefore recognized, long before the time of the earliest praetexta, as the explanation of Rome's origin, in symbols which set forth her civic and imperial power both within and without the city. But since a considerable interval must elapse between the rise...

Excerpt from Hellenistic Influence on the Aeneid Especially at this moment is this study of interest, for now, after much debate and argument, we have learned to recognize the Ciris and the Culex as poems of Vergil's youth.1 And so we are ready to discuss not only traces of Hellenistic art in the Aeneid, but the progression of Hellenistic art in Vergil from its cruder manifestations, as revealed in the earlier poems, up to the ripened stage, ...

Portrays France and Britain at the beginning of the Dark Ages

A vivid portrait of political and cultural life in the 10th century