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Like Pentheus when distracted with his fear

DMI number:
37094
First Line:
Like Pentheus when distracted with his fear
Last Line:
The furies guard the door and intercept his flight
Poem Genre / Form:
Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
Themes:
Light and Madness
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Dryden's 'Aeneid' translation. Calif. V (1988): 473.
Content/Publication
Title:
Exercises for improvement in elocution [T126614] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
p.45
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Dryden.
Attributed To:
John Dryden