Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's AENEID

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Paperback, 220 blz. | EN
Princeton University Press | 2014
ISBN13: 9780691606576
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Princeton University Press e druk, 2014 9780691606576
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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 that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods sen

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ISBN13:9780691606576
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:220
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        Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's AENEID