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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 the ancient ideals of kingship.

Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Divine and human kingship; 2. Kingship and the love affair of Aeneas and Dido; 3. Kingship and the conflict of Aeneas and Turnus; 4. Concord and discord; 5. Geography and nationalism; 6. Dido and the elegiac tradition; 7. Lavinia and the lyric tradition; 8. The Aeneid as Odyssey; 9. The games in Homer and Virgil; List of modern works cited; Index locorum; General index.

Virgils Augustan Epic

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521034968, 978-0521034968
      ISBN10: 0521034965

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 the ancient ideals of kingship.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. Divine and human kingship; 2. Kingship and the love affair of Aeneas and Dido; 3. Kingship and the conflict of Aeneas and Turnus; 4. Concord and discord; 5. Geography and nationalism; 6. Dido and the elegiac tradition; 7. Lavinia and the lyric tradition; 8. The Aeneid as Odyssey; 9. The games in Homer and Virgil; List of modern works cited; Index locorum; General index.

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