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Author Smith, R. Alden.

Title The primacy of vision in Virgil's Aeneid / Riggs Alden Smith
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages) : illustrations
Contents Prophaenomena ad Vergilium -- Ruse and revelation : visions of the divine and the telos of narrative -- Vision past and future -- Hic amor : love, vision, and destiny -- Vision's victory and the telos of narrative -- Conclusion
Summary "The essays in this book, derived from papers presented at the First International Symposium on Philodemus, Vergil, and the Augustans, held in 2000, offer a new baseline for understanding the effect of Philodemus and Epicureanism on both the thought and the poetic practices of Vergil, Horace, and other Augustan writers."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index
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Subject Virgil. Aeneis.
SUBJECT Aeneas (Legendary character) fast
Vergilius Maro, Publius. swd
Aeneis (Virgil) fast
Aeneis. swd
Subject Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature
Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
Visual perception in literature.
Art and literature -- Rome
Visions in literature.
Vision in literature.
Art and literature
Epic poetry, Latin
Literature
Vision in literature
Visions in literature
Visual perception in literature
Weissagung
Seher Motiv
SUBJECT Rome -- In literature
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 029279682X
9780292796829