Virgil's Augustan Epic

by Francis Cairns

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521353580
• ISBN13: 9780521353588
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"