Author: Kragelund, Patrick
Title: Dream and Prediction in the Aeneid: A Semiotic Interpretation of the Dreams of Aeneas and Turnus
Description: Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum, 1976. orig. wrappers. 23x16cm, 91 pp, Series: Opuscula Graecolatina. Vol. 7.. Rubbed. Corner bumped. Small stain to side page-edge. Good. ¶ Contents: Aeneas' Dream; The traditional interpretation; What did Aenaes ask Hector?; What does a mutilated figure signify in Roman divination?; Summary; The interpretation suggested by Donatus; A semiotic interpretation af Aeneas' dream; The mutilated figure; Aeneas' questions to Hector; Prediction in Aenea's dream; The fall of Troy; The foundation of Rome; Reevaluation of the past; Aeneas the narrator; Some reflections on psychological interpretation; A Freudian analysis of Aeneas' dream; Summary of Part one; The introductory dreams of the Aeneid; A semiotic interpretation of Turnus' dream; The introduction of Aeneas and Turnus; Appendix I: Introductory dreams in post- vergilian epic poetry; Appendix II: The dreams of Aeneas and Turnus (text and translation).

Keywords: Classical Philology, Aeneid Turnus, Ancient Rome, Epos Aeneas, Semiotic Criticism, Semiotics Dream, Roman Literature, Vergil Prediction, Literary History