Death and the optimistic prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid

Death and the optimistic prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid /

Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals...

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Main Author: O'Hara, James J., 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1990
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Aeneas > (Legendary character) > In literature.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Prophecies in literature.
Optimism in literature.
Death in literature.
Rome > In literature.
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