<p><span>The volumes published in the series </span><span>BeitrΓ€ge zur Altertumskunde</span><span> comprise monographs, collective volumes, editions, translations and commentaries on various topics from the fields of Greek and Latin Philology, Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Philosophy as well
Virgilβs Aeneid: Decorum, Allusion, and Ideology
β Scribed by Wendell Clausen
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 245
- Series
- Beitrage zur Altertumskunde 162
- Edition
- Hardcover
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
FM......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
DECORUM AND NARRATIVE......Page 11
TWO SIMILES AND A WEDDING......Page 36
INTRODUCING THE WOODEN HORSE......Page 57
DIDO AND AENEAS......Page 85
INDECOROUS WOUNDS......Page 124
AUGUSTAN IDEOLOGY IN THE UNDERWORLD......Page 135
ARCADIA REVIEWED......Page 163
THE DEATH OF TURNUS......Page 195
APPENDIXES......Page 220
INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED......Page 234
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