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Virgil's Augustan epic / Francis Cairns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cairns, Francis.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Virgil. Aeneis.
- Virgil.
- Aeneas (Legendary character)--In literature.
- Aeneas.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 280 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- 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 the ancient ideals of kingship.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 249-270.
- ISBN:
- 0521353580
- OCLC:
- 18164736
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