Augustus and the "Aeneid"
β Scribed by William T. Avery
- Book ID
- 124363908
- Publisher
- Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc.
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 791 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-8353
- DOI
- 10.2307/3295204
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