Dream and Prediction in the Aeneid: A Semiotic Interpretation of the Dreams of Aeneas and Turnus

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Museum Tusculanum Press, 1976 - Literary Criticism - 91 pages
A semiotic interpretation of the dreams of Aeneas and Turnus.

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Contents

The traditional interpretation
11
The interpretation suggested by Donatus
26
Some reflections on psychological interpretation
53
INTRODUCTORY DREAMS IN POSTVERGILIAN EPIC POETRY
77
LIST OF WORKS REFERRED
83
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About the author (1976)

Patrick Kragelund holds doctorates in Classics from the University of Copenhagen and was director of the Danish National Art Library since 1998 until his retirement in 2016. He has published widely on Roman history, literature, drama, and epigraphy, as well as on the reception of the classics in post-Renaissance art.

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TitleDream and Prediction in the Aeneid: A Semiotic Interpretation of the Dreams of Aeneas and Turnus
Volume 7 of Opuscula Graecolatina : supplementa "Musei Tusculani"
Volume 7 of Opuscula Graecolatina, ISSN 0107-8089
AuthorPatrick Kragelund
PublisherMuseum Tusculanum Press, 1976
ISBN8772891904, 9788772891903
Length91 pages
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Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / European / Italian
Literary Criticism / Medieval
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