Literary notes about aqueduct (AI summary)
The term "aqueduct" in literature is used in a variety of contexts that reflect both its literal and symbolic significance. In historical and geographic works, such as those by Strabo [1, 2] and Suetonius [3, 4], the aqueduct is presented as a remarkable feat of engineering and a marker of ancient civilization. In travel narratives and memoirs like Sherman’s account [5] and Dana’s depiction in Two Years Before the Mast [6], it appears as a tangible feature of the landscape—an essential structure aiding passage and water transport. Meanwhile, in the realm of fiction and poetry, authors like Edgar Allan Poe [7, 8] and Victor Hugo [9] employ the aqueduct as a mysterious refuge or a striking metaphorical element, thereby enriching the narrative with layers of historical resonance and symbolic depth. Even in playful or instructional texts [10], the word serves as a linguistic landmark that bridges the gap between past achievements and contemporary representation.
- The Romans subsequently, being ignorant of this principle, constructed an aqueduct.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo - But this work served not only as a bridge, but as an aqueduct also, when the island was inhabited.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) by Strabo - Note 508 ( return ) [ Respecting the Claudian aqueduct, see CALIGULA, c. xxi.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - Aqueduct of the Anio, 265 and note, 314.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius - I reached this point at noon the next day, and found a miscellaneous crowd crossing over the aqueduct and ferries..
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - This, by means of a short wooden aqueduct, was brought quite down to our boats.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - Here!—let us conceal ourselves in the arch of this aqueduct, and I will inform you presently of the origin of the commotion.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe - Here!—let us conceal ourselves in the arch of this aqueduct, and I will inform you presently of the origin of the commotion.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - these flames nought can subdue— The Aqueduct of Sylla gleams, a bridge o'er hellish brew.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo - acueducto , m. , aqueduct.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Alfred Remy and Erwin W. Roessler
