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The Sea in Roman Poetry THE SEA IN ROMAN POETRY BY MONA PEARL HODNETT A. B. Bates College, 1916 THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN CLASSICS IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 19 18 Viva UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE GRADUATE SCHOOL May 39 1918 19 1_ I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION ry Mona Pearl Hodnett . ENTITLED The Sea In Roman Poe try BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE of Master of Arts I n Classics In Charge of Thesis /3 (Xrr&nK^ Head of Department Recommendation concurred in* Committee on Final Examination* *Required for doctor's degree but not for master's 408313 >. - . - Tabxe ol Content a- ^ -fa. \ • A 1 i.•fa- 9 Introduction.* V » *m *A W V * % JJ^J«T>Tj~ J.——7( 1 i . 1'h e Rfl ™'n no. A- The .eiarxv Ke"DU.D±ic. 2 -Stars. •5 - 1* e ar *tA # Travel11 UV WdL | b. figures ol Speech. R.Descn ut ions T). 14:. B.Tne Later JrierjiiDnc. n i ft 1 ft Q* . vll CtJL dl^ v X JL V J. w Y> tJ w w . J-- • X • "b « An owxed.ee ol the ssea- r>_ 1 R- ri i c j? i our e s cl' Sueech- .• J- P- •_ rt - i'e acr i ot i one . -A- x • «- • X>'« 2 Ha tn i ni p a- Gh«raeteri sties n.SO - J. W | *i VOW* JL V JL. V* X A W # *n y - 1 ii icinp* for se? Ph.3>RP itir- 1 tne X • n _ h'-j p'UTfi ft nf RY)ft p nh « "n - ii«5w - X-' • • •n- X»" • 34-• a.. attitude dl' Jr'oets ol' jriei^ubj-ic. x-* • • b . Adi ectives U^ed- p.iriiap'inative Terms- b«k;6. d.Coiaparison with EngiieU womanti cists. • . II. e,The Cause oi' Fear, p. 28. a.Koman Character, p.27. b.jeoor Vessels, P. 2 8. c, Tendency to Seasickness. P»28, f .Comparison with the Greece, P. 28, p.39. 111. The Augustan Age. p.<iy. A, Characteristics. p.oU. 1, Vergil p • 31 a, Characteristics, b. JKeiigion? iods c. Causes Contributing to .tear. p. 37. l , Mi e at h e r-Se as on a . P«3?,.« 3. Winds. P«3Y. 3. Stars, p«38, < 4, Construction of Vessels, P«39« ; b, storms. p.4U, d. Deiight at Seeing Land, P. 41. e. The Shore, p.4^. l.^ictures. p. 45. 2, Sea birds. p. 44. i'.ihe Sun. p. 44. g, figure 6 of Speech. p. 45. n. Descriptions. p. 47, i....oods. p.4y. 2 .Comparison iwith the Kepuoiic. P.P.5C. 2,tioraoe, a, Distrust. P. 52, b.-tierures oi Sioeech and Description TD.54 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/seainromanpoetryOOhodn Ill, p. 5b, d.Sea Coast in Augustan >Age. p. 55, e, xraci.e. p,57. ± , SeasicKness. p. 58, i,^odern feeling m norace. £.58. 3.TlbUllUS. p. 60 a. Characteristics, p.60. b.JJ'ear. p. 60, A.iropertlUB. a, Characteristics, p. 6^. o, imaginative Ability, p.63. cDisiixe. P. 64. 5,0via. a. Characteristics, p. 65. b.Jj'ear. p. 65. c, Pictures, p. 66. d, figures or .Speech, p. 70. iv, The Empire. A, The pagan Waiters, 1, Characteristics, p. 71. a,uaninus. p. 73. to, luc an. p. 75. i. Characteristics. p. 75. 3, Storms, p. 76, 4 .Picture s. p. 77, ©Seneca, l, Argo. p. 79, a, Descriptions. p. ( <<. <5.i<'i^ure8. p. 80, , ±V, d. vaierius Fiaooue. p. 82, e, Siilue ltancus. p. 84, r.Statius. p. 85, g. Martiaiy ciuvenai; >ermanicu& /• p,88, CaipurniusrPersius Fiaocufl,* p«89« h. x^eiriesianus, vespajjeentadius, oeta, Cato, p,90, grayer to Ocean, Ceieujsa, p.yl, b, Christian Writers, p.y3, i.nebraism and helienism, p.y3. a. AuBonius. p. 94, b. raiuinug. p.y4. c. prudent ius. p,y5, d. o uvencus , Damasus , pr oba, ni&ary Tertuin an, Ambrosius, Cyprian. p.y8, e. Ciaudian, p.yy. r.jKUtinus >araatianus. p.lOO v, Conclusion. p.luu. Bibliography, Allen,jiatnerine; me Treatment or mature in the poetry oi tne , Kepub ±1 o , ttadi son Wis • ,1 8y 8« Anderson, uabei Study oi Vergil's Descriptions of nature. L.:A Tor ont ( , iyi6. biese,A. :The Development of the Feeling for mature in the Mldais Ages and ^oae.rn Times. 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