Exempla in Virgil's Underworld
In Aeneid 6, Hercules and Dionysus point towards the deification of Augustus; the mythological poets amply scattered through Elysium may be there to launch a sense that Virgil too will one day tread those very same meadows as a reward for his service as poet to the state. And the great Romans of the...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Österreichischen Akademie d. Wissenschaften
[2015]
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Wiener Studien
Año: 2015, Volumen: 128, Páginas: 63-68 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AG Vida religiosa BE Religiones greco-romanas TB Antigüedad |
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| Sumario: | In Aeneid 6, Hercules and Dionysus point towards the deification of Augustus; the mythological poets amply scattered through Elysium may be there to launch a sense that Virgil too will one day tread those very same meadows as a reward for his service as poet to the state. And the great Romans of the Heldenschau'? There as exempla to help persuade first Aeneas and secondly the Roman reader to shoulder the various burdens of the res publica. |
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| ISSN: | 1813-3924 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Wiener Studien
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1553/wst128s63 |