Vergil's Empire: Political Thought in the AeneidIn Vergil's Empire, Eve Adler offers an exciting new interpretation of the political thought of Vergil's Aeneid. Adler argues that in this epic poem, Vergil presents the theoretical foundations of a new political order, one that resolves the conflict between scientific enlightenment and ancestral religion that permeated the ancient world. The work concentrates on Vergil's response to the physics, psychology, and political implications of Lucretius' Epicurean doctrine expressed in De Rerum Natura. Proceeding by a close analysis of the Aeneid, Adler examines Vergil's critique of Carthage as a model of universal enlightenment, his positive doctrine of Rome as a model of universal religion, and his criticism of the heroism of Achilles, Odysseus, and Epicurus in favor of the heroism of Aeneas. Beautifully written and clearly argued, Vergil's Empire will be of great value to all interested in the classical world. |
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Contents
The Theme of the Aeneid | 3 |
The Song of Iopas and the Song of Vergil | 9 |
The Carthaginian Enlightenment | 17 |
Was There a Roman Enlightenment? | 41 |
Lucretius Teaching | 53 |
Furor | 77 |
Dido in Love | 103 |
THE GREATER ORDER OF THINGS | 135 |
World Empire | 193 |
PIETATIS IMAGO | 217 |
Piety and Heroic Virtue | 219 |
Aeneas and the Heroes | 233 |
The Education of Aeneas I | 253 |
The Education of Aeneas II | 281 |
Notes | 301 |
Bibliography | 335 |
The Theme of the Aeneid Again | 137 |
The Golden Age | 147 |
Aeneas Founding of Rome | 167 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Vergil's Empire: Political Thought in the Aeneid G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | Eve Adler |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0742521672, 9780742521674 |
| Length | 349 pages |
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