Virgil's Aeneid: Decorum, Allusion, and Ideology
β Scribed by Wendell V. Clausen
- Publisher
- K G Saur Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 268
- Series
- BeitrΓ€ge zur Altertumskunde, 162
- Edition
- Reprint 2012 ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The volumes published in the series BeitrΓ€ge zur Altertumskunde 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 as Classical Reception Studies. The series thus offers indispensable research tools for a wide range of disciplines related to Ancient Studies.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
PREFACE
I. DECORUM AND NARRATIVE
II. TWO SIMILES AND A WEDDING
III. INTRODUCING THE WOODEN HORSE
IV. DIDO AND AENEAS
V. INDECOROUS WOUNDS
VI. AUGUSTAN IDEOLOGY IN THE UNDERWORLD
VII. ARCADIA REVIEWED
VIII. THE DEATH OF TURNUS
APPENDIXES
ABBREVIATIONS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED
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