Virgil's Augustan Epic by Francis Cairns

Virgil's Augustan Epic

Francis Cairns

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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 ...

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