TY  - GEN
T1  - Death and the optimistic prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid
T2  - Princeton legacy library.
A1  - O'Hara, James J., 1959-
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton, New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 1990
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn889255048
AB  - 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.
OP  - 220
CN  - PA6825 .O34 1990eb
SN  - 9781400860876
SN  - 1400860873
SN  - 0691068151
SN  - 9780691068152
SN  - 0691606579
SN  - 9780691606576
KW  - Virgil. : Aeneis.
KW  - Aeneas : (Legendary character) : In literature.
KW  - Aeneas : (Legendary character)
KW  - Aeneis (Virgil)
KW  - Epic poetry, Latin : History and criticism.
KW  - Prophecies in literature.
KW  - Optimism in literature.
KW  - Death in literature.
KW  - Rome : In literature.
KW  - Poésie épique latine : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Prophéties dans la littérature.
KW  - Optimisme dans la littérature.
KW  - Mort dans la littérature.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : General.
KW  - Death in literature
KW  - Epic poetry, Latin
KW  - Literature
KW  - Optimism in literature
KW  - Prophecies in literature
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -