In this respect it would resemble Spenser's Faerie Queene, or perhaps more importantly, Virgil's Aeneid -- other nationalist epics.

这样的话它就会与斯宾塞的《仙后》，更重要的，维吉尔的《埃涅阿斯记》等一些民族主义史诗相类似。

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They are steeped in the entire literary tradition of the underworld journey that stretches from The Odyssey of Homer up through Virgil's Aeneid, and of course up through all of the Renaissance romance epics.

它们被浸泡在整套文学传统中,穿越了从荷马的《奥德赛》上升到,维吉尔的《埃涅阿斯纪》的地下之旅，当然它也经历了所有文艺复兴时期的浪漫史诗。

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