Book 1979

An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 1979

Latin Epic poetry
History and criticism
Rome in literature
In literature
Literature
Aeneis (Virgil)
Aeneis (Vergilius)
Virgil

The story and its subject: Rome - The hero: Aeneas - The secondary heroes: Dido and Turnus - The higher powers: Fate and the Gods - Structure: continuity and symmetry - Poetic expression: language and sensibility - Making the story: fusion of the legend of Aeneas' coming to Italy with matter from Iliad and Odyssey - Echoes of history.