The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of AugustineImperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society. Sabine MacCormack examines the ceremonies of imperial arrivals, funerals, and coronations from the late third to the late sixth centuries A.D., as manifest in the official literature and art of the time. Her study offers us new insights into the exercise of power and into the social, political, and cultural significance of religious change during the Christianization of the Roman world. |
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Page xvii
... interpreting that I have been able to approach the more imponderable question as to how and why Vergil's poetry stayed with Augustine throughout his long life . Vergil and Augustine are very different authorial personalities . Vergil ...
... interpreting that I have been able to approach the more imponderable question as to how and why Vergil's poetry stayed with Augustine throughout his long life . Vergil and Augustine are very different authorial personalities . Vergil ...
Page xviii
... interpretations cannot be found in Vergil's text . Some arguments and methods of documentation may be judged to be preferable to others , but the fact remains that Vergil invites readers with different interests and preoccupations to ...
... interpretations cannot be found in Vergil's text . Some arguments and methods of documentation may be judged to be preferable to others , but the fact remains that Vergil invites readers with different interests and preoccupations to ...
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... interpret Vergil in strict accord with what he had actually written , they did seek to appre- ciate their poet's ... interpreting Quiri- nus and Remus as Augustus and Agrippa would seem to be closest to Vergil's sense because the passage ...
... interpret Vergil in strict accord with what he had actually written , they did seek to appre- ciate their poet's ... interpreting Quiri- nus and Remus as Augustus and Agrippa would seem to be closest to Vergil's sense because the passage ...
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... interpretations and adding his own view where appropri- ate , thereby leaving the reader to make an autonomous choice among the alternative positions.52 This commentary circulated rapidly and widely , for Augustine , writing in Africa ...
... interpretations and adding his own view where appropri- ate , thereby leaving the reader to make an autonomous choice among the alternative positions.52 This commentary circulated rapidly and widely , for Augustine , writing in Africa ...
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... interpretation is criticized and modi- fied in light of Roman ( as distinct from Christian and contemporary ) views of pietas in two es- says by Antonie Wlosok : " Der Held als Ärgernis : Vergils Aeneas , " in her Res humanae - res div ...
... interpretation is criticized and modi- fied in light of Roman ( as distinct from Christian and contemporary ) views of pietas in two es- says by Antonie Wlosok : " Der Held als Ärgernis : Vergils Aeneas , " in her Res humanae - res div ...
Contents
xvii | |
The Scent of a Rose Language and Grammar between Pagans and Christians | 41 |
The Tears Run Down in Vain Emotions Soul and Body | 85 |
Gods of Our Homeland The Nature of True and False Worship | 128 |
The High Walls of Rome The City on Earth and the Heavenly City | 171 |
Epilogue | 221 |
Select Bibliography | 229 |
Index of Ancient and Late Antique Texts | 247 |
General Index | 251 |
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