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Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods sen



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT AND FOOTNOTES, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. Orontes, Palinurus, Anchises, and Pallas: Prophecy and Deaths Before the Eyes of Aeneas", pg. 7*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ONE. TYPICAL FEATURES OF PROPHECY SCENES, pg. 54*CHAPTER TWO. The Gods and the Confidence of Bold Turnus", pg. 61*CHAPTER THREE. Prophecy and the res laetak That Await Aeneas, pg. 88*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER THREE. INCONSISTENCIES IN PROPHECIES AND THE "SOLUTION FROM THE CHARACTER SPEAKING", pg. 123*CHAPTER FOUR. The Prophecies of Rome, pg. 128*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FOUR THE SHIELD OF AENEAS, pg. 173*CHAPTER FIVE. Vergil as Poet-Prophet of the Aeneid, pg. 176*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 185*INDEX LOCORUM, pg. 199*INDEX RERUM ET NOMINUM, pg. 205

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691606576, 978-0691606576
      ISBN10: 0691606579
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods sen



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. ix*ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT AND FOOTNOTES, pg. xi*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. Orontes, Palinurus, Anchises, and Pallas: Prophecy and Deaths Before the Eyes of Aeneas", pg. 7*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER ONE. TYPICAL FEATURES OF PROPHECY SCENES, pg. 54*CHAPTER TWO. The Gods and the Confidence of Bold Turnus", pg. 61*CHAPTER THREE. Prophecy and the res laetak That Await Aeneas, pg. 88*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER THREE. INCONSISTENCIES IN PROPHECIES AND THE "SOLUTION FROM THE CHARACTER SPEAKING", pg. 123*CHAPTER FOUR. The Prophecies of Rome, pg. 128*APPENDIX TO CHAPTER FOUR THE SHIELD OF AENEAS, pg. 173*CHAPTER FIVE. Vergil as Poet-Prophet of the Aeneid, pg. 176*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 185*INDEX LOCORUM, pg. 199*INDEX RERUM ET NOMINUM, pg. 205

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