Virgil's Augustan Epic

Bibliographic Data

ID19904020
AuthorsFrancis Cairns (corresponding author)
Year1989
Publication date1989-03-16
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueVirgil's Augustan Epic (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511597336
OpenAlexW606657335
Open LibraryOL2043480M
ISBN9780511597336
LanguageEN
Citations received119

An examination of the main characters in the Aeneid - Aeneas himself, Dido and Turnus - in the light of Virgil's contemporary Augustan political and literary ideology. The characters and the plot and incident of the epic are seen as embodying and exemplifying first the ancient ideals of kingship and concord, and second the Roman self-identification as at once 'Italian' and 'Trojan', and finally as reflecting the literary self-evaluation of the Augustan age. In the literary area, Virgil's relations with contemporary Roman elegy, with early Greek lyric and, most important, with Homer, are studied and reevaluated. Virgilian scholars and students of Augustan literature in general will find this book of interest to them

Art · DIDO · Elegy · EPIC · Ideology · Literature · Monarchy · Plot (graphics) · Poetry · Politics · Trojan · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Law · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Aeneas (legendary character) · Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature · Augustus 30 B.C.-14 A.D · Augustus Emperor of Rome (63 B.C.-14 A.D) · History · History and criticism · in literature · Influence · Kings and rulers in literature · Latin Epic poetry · Rome · Rome in literature · Virgil

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