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Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's AENEID
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Full Title:
Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's AENEID
Contributors:
By (Author) James J. O'Hara
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
873.01
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
220
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
312g
Description
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
