Virgil's Augustan Epic

by Francis Cairns

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An examination of the main characters in the Aeneid - Aeneas himself, Dido and Turnus - in the light of Virgil's contemporary Augustan political and literary ideology. The characters and the plot and incident of the epic are seen as embodying and exemplifying first the ancient ideals of kingship and concord, and second the Roman self-identification as at once 'Italian' and 'Trojan', and finally as reflecting the literary self-evaluation of the Augustan...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521034965

ISBN13:9780521034968

Release Date:December 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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