Studies	NNS	O
:	:	O
1	LS	O
)	)	O
notions	NNS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
empty	JJ	O
in	IN	O
Greek	JJ	O
and	CC	O
Roman	JJ	O
poets	NNS	O
;	:	O
2	LS	O
)	)	O
one	CD	O
aspect	NN	O
of	IN	O
this	DT	O
emptiness	NN	O
,	,	O
whereby	WRB	O
subjects	NNS	O
in	IN	O
poetic	JJ	O
settings	NNS	O
become	VBP	O
phantasmic	JJ	O
and	CC	O
finally	RB	O
voided	VBN	O
of	IN	O
substance	NN	O
;	:	O
and	CC	O
3	LS	O
)	)	O
the	DT	O
atomistic	JJ	O
conception	NN	O
of	IN	O
void	NN	O
as	IN	O
found	VBN	O
in	IN	O
Lucretius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
.	SENT	I-AAUTHOR

Vergil	NP	B-AAUTHOR
,	,	I-AAUTHOR
as	IN	O
an	DT	O
inheritor	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
literary	JJ	O
tradition	NN	O
,	,	O
also	RB	O
inherits	VBZ	O
these	DT	O
three	CD	O
senses	NNS	O
of	IN	O
void	NN	O
.	SENT	O

Specifically	RB	O
,	,	O
Lucretius	NP	B-REFAUWORK
2	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
464-465	CD	I-REFSCOPE
makes	NNS	O
the	DT	O
point	NN	O
that	IN	O
«	)	O
res	NN	O
gestae	NNS	O
»	(	O
,	,	O
in	IN	O
themselves	PP	O
,	,	O
are	VBP	O
nothing	NN	O
.	SENT	O

His	PP$	O
philosophical	JJ	O
vision	NN	O
evacuates	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
reality	NN	O
that	IN	O
we	PP	O
think	VBP	O
we	PP	O
intuitively	RB	O
know	VBP	O
,	,	O
even	RB	O
as	IN	O
that	DT	O
vision	NN	O
seeks	VBZ	O
to	TO	O
anchor	VB	O
this	DT	O
reality	NN	O
in	IN	O
physics	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

Vergil	NP	B-AAUTHOR
's	POS	I-AAUTHOR
«	)	B-AWORK
Aeneid	NN	I-AWORK
»	(	I-AWORK
follows	VBZ	O
Lucretius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
in	IN	O
enacting	VBG	O
what	WP	O
might	MD	O
be	VB	O
called	VBN	O
a	DT	O
«	)	O
derealization	NN	O
»	(	O
of	IN	O
reality	NN	O
.	SENT	O

Thus	RB	O
,	,	O
for	IN	O
example	NN	O
,	,	O
when	WRB	O
Venus	NP	O
reveals	VBZ	O
to	TO	O
Aeneas	NP	O
the	DT	O
divine	JJ	O
machinery	NN	O
of	IN	O
warfare	NN	O
in	IN	O
operation	NN	O
at	IN	O
Troy	NP	O
(	(	O
2	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
604-623	CD	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
the	DT	O
picture	NN	O
presented	VBN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
gods	NNS	O
works	VBZ	O
to	TO	O
render	VB	O
unreal	JJ	O
the	DT	O
wars	NNS	O
being	VBG	O
waged	VBN	O
.	SENT	O