Virgil's Augustan Epic
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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 kinship; 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 Odysse...
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 kinship; 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; Index locorum; General index.
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 kinship; 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; Index locorum; General index.
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.
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