Author: Mackie, C.J.
Title: The Characterisation of Aeneas
Description: Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, (1988). orig.boards. 19x12cm, ix, 247 pp, Series: Scottish Classical Studies, 4.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Despite all that has been written on Vergil's Aeneid, the character of its hero remains enigmatic. In particular, countless readers have been puzzled or irritated by the constant description of Aeneas as 'pius'. In tackling this problem anew, Dr. Mackie lays stress on the distinction between characterisation by speech and by narrative, and also on the differences between Vergil's methods of characterisation and Homer's. He goes on to analyse Aeneas' 'pietas' in relation to other moral qualities, especially furor and humanitas..." -dustwrapper blurb.

Keywords: Classical Philology, Vergil, Latin Literature, Literary Criticism, Aeneid, Virgil, , ,