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Author O'Hara, James J., 1959- author.

Title Death and the optimistic prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid / James J. O'Hara.

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]
©1990
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Description 1 online resource (220 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and indexes.
Summary Here James O'Hara shows how the deceptive nature of prophecy in the Aeneid complicates assessment of the poem's attitude toward its hero's achievement and toward the future of Rome under Augustus Caesar. This close study of the language and rhetorical context of the prophecies reveals that they regularly suppress discouraging material: the gods send promising messages to Aeneas and others to spur them on in their struggles, but these struggles often lead to untimely deaths or other disasters only darkly hinted at by the prophecies. O'Hara finds in these prophecies a persistent subtext that bo.
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Subject Virgil. Aeneis.
Aeneas (Legendary character) -- In literature.
Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Prophecies in literature.
Prophecies in literature.
Optimism in literature.
Optimism in literature.
Death in literature.
Death in literature.
Rome -- In literature.
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: O'Hara, James J. Death and the optimistic prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990] xi, 207 pages ; 23 cm Princeton legacy library 9780691606576 (DLC) 10900160
ISBN 9781400860876 electronic book
1400860873 electronic book
0691068151 (alkaline paper)
9780691068152
0691606579
9780691606576

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