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Thornton, Agathe.

The living universe : gods and men in Virgil's Aeneid / by Agathe Thornton. - 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 46 . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 46. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049. .

Also published Dunedin : University of Otago Press, 1976. New Zealand author. Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-216).

Preliminary Material -- Homer, Virgil’s model, as the ‘educator’ of Greece and Rome -- The Picture of the Universe of an educated Roman in the first century B.C. -- The Cosmos as described by Anchises -- The Spheres of the Cosmos and the Beings living in them -- The Phases in the movement of the cosmos -- First Phase -- Second Phase (1.657-5.603) -- Third Phase (5.604-7.285) -- Fourth Phase (7.286-12.133, 215) -- Fifth Phase: 12.134, 216-end -- The plot of the Aeneid and the Gods in it -- ira and furor -- The Nisus and Euryalus Episode in the Aeneid (9.176ff) -- Notes on pages XL-4 -- General Index.

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ISBN: 9789004327634

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004327634 DOI

LCCN: 77375886

Subjects--Personal Names:
Virgil. Aeneis.
Aeneas (Legendary character)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Aeneis (Virgil)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
Cosmology, Ancient, in literature.
Cosmology, Ancient, in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Gods, Roman, in literature.
Literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: PA6825 / .T53 1976b

Dewey Class. No.: 873.01