An Introduction to Virgil's Aeneid
W. A. Camps
Table of Contents
Preliminary; Story and its subject: Rome; Hero: Aeneas; Secondary heroes: Dido and Turnus; Higher powers: Fate and the Gods; Principles of structure: continuity and symmetry; Poetic expression: language and sensibility; Making the story: fusion of the legend of Aeneas' coming to Italy with matter from Iliad and Odyssey; Making an episode: fusion of inherited materials exemplified in the 6th book; Echoes of history; Relevant and irrelevant associations. Conclusion; Appendices
