Graham Zanker (University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Gebundenes Buch

Fate and the Hero in Virgil's Aeneid

Beschreibung

Explores how Virgil's incorporation of Stoic thought on human responsibility and providential world fate into the Aeneid permits a reassessment of the characterisation and morality of the poem's gods and heroes. Of interest to both students and professional scholars.

Autor

GRAHAM ZANKER is Professor Emeritus in the Classics Department at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Adelaide. His publications include Realism in Alexandrian Poetry: A Literature and Its Audience (1987), The Heart of Achilles: Characterization and Personal Ethics in the Iliad (1994), Modes of Viewing in Hellenistic Poetry and Art (2004) and Herodas: Mimiambs (2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781009319874
• ISBN-10: 1009319876
• Artikelnr.: 66160234