History and Politics in Virgil's Epic
by Gaofengfeng
About This Novel
The Aeneid, the epic poem by the ancient Roman poet Virgil, is a classic of Latin literature. It tells the story of the Trojan prince Aeneas who led the remaining people of his tribe to wander on the sea for many years and finally arrived in Italy, laying the foundation for the future Roman Empire. Virgil elaborated the legend of the founding of Rome in literature, and also wrote the political entanglements during the Roman Civil War into his poems. This epic is not only a literary classic, but also fully demonstrates many major issues such as Roman politics and national identity construction during the Augustus dynasty. "History and Politics in Virgil's Epic" mainly focuses on the political and historical issues contained in the epic, including the relationship between Virgil and Augustus, the political implications of the protagonist Aeneas, the political allusion of the image of Queen Dido, how the gods in the epic reflect the religious concepts of the Augustus era, and other issues. In addition to the historical and political analysis of the epic, "History and Politics in Virgil's Epic" will also analyze and evaluate the pessimistic interpretation and traditional "Augustinian" interpretation that have had a great impact in the 20th century.
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