Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's AeneidThe book aims at providing a coherent guide to the entirety of Virgil's Aeneid, with analysis of every scene and, in some cases, every line of crucial passages. The book tries to provide a guide to the vast bibliography and scholarly apparatus that has grown around Virgil studies (especially over the past century), and to offer some critical study of what Virgil's purpose and intent may have been in crafting his response to Augustus' political ascendancy in Rome, Rome's history of near-constant civil strife, and the myths of Rome's origins and their conflicting Trojan, Greek, and native Italian origins. |
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Page 312
... Mezentius , and , in Book 11 , Tarchon ( the leader of the Etrurian faction that supports Aeneas ) . The book will now shift its con- cerns to Mezentius and Lausus , another of the poem's many father and son pair- ings , and in some ...
... Mezentius , and , in Book 11 , Tarchon ( the leader of the Etrurian faction that supports Aeneas ) . The book will now shift its con- cerns to Mezentius and Lausus , another of the poem's many father and son pair- ings , and in some ...
Page 314
... Mezentius ' death . Mezentius ' own sense of loyalty to his son has consisted so far of concern only about spoils and the sort of ( violent ) paternal generosity we might expect from such a man : he is willing to share what spoils he ...
... Mezentius ' death . Mezentius ' own sense of loyalty to his son has consisted so far of concern only about spoils and the sort of ( violent ) paternal generosity we might expect from such a man : he is willing to share what spoils he ...
Page 323
... Mezentius was defeated . ' The passage is another classic example of Virgilian style : the details are rich , but the exact picture remains somewhat hazy . Aeneas erects a huge oak tree on a mound and dresses it with Mezentius ' arms as ...
... Mezentius was defeated . ' The passage is another classic example of Virgilian style : the details are rich , but the exact picture remains somewhat hazy . Aeneas erects a huge oak tree on a mound and dresses it with Mezentius ' arms as ...
Contents
Arms and the Man | 1 |
All Fell Silent | 37 |
After It Seemed Best | 75 |
Copyright | |
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Acestes Achilles Actium Aeneas Aeneid Allecto Anchises Apollo appearance Arcadian arma arms Arruns Ascanius Augustan Augustus battle beginning Book 11 Book 9 Camilla Carthage Carthaginians cavalry Chloreus Classical combat commentary Creusa dead death depiction describes Diana Dido Dido's Diomedes divine Drances end of Book epic episode Etruscan Evander Evander's evoke fate father fight final further future goddess gods Greek Harpalyce Hector Helenus hero Homer horse hunt Iliad immortals Italian Italy Juno Juno's Jupiter Jupiter's Juturna killed Latin Latium Lausus Lavinia Lucretius madness Marcellus mention Mezentius mother narrative neas Nisus and Euryalus notes Odysseus once Oxford Palinurus Pallas passage peace Penthesilea poem poem's poet Priam prophecy rage rites Roman Rome Rome's Rutulians scene Servius shield ships Sibyl Sicily simile slaughter storm story temple theme tion tradition Trojans Troy Turnus underworld Venus Vergilius victory Virgil Virgil's Aeneid Virgilian Volscian words wounded young