Virgil in a Cultural Tradition: Essays to Celebrate the BimilleniumRichard Andrew Cardwell, Janet Hamilton University of Nottingham, 1986 - 148 pages |
Contents
The Cycle of Growth and Decay in Lucretius and Virgil | 17 |
The Idea of Empire in the Aeneid | 39 |
Virgil and Medieval Epic | 52 |
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