A HEROIC poem, truly such, is undoubtedly the greatest work which the soul of man is capable to perform. The Works of Virgil - Página i por Virgil - 1803 Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
...is, perhaps somewhat paradoxically, a philosophical principle, not an aesthetic one. A heroic epic is undoubtedly the greatest work which the soul of man is capable to perform. But not only are the Odyssey, Illiad, Aeneid, Divine Comedy, Hamlet, King Lear, and Paradise Lost examples...