Fletcher, K. F. B.

Finding Italy : travel, nation and colonization in Vergil's Aeneid / K.F.B. Fletcher. - Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro; Contents; Introduction: Why Directions Matter; Book 1. tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem: Introduction of Themes; Book 2. heu fuge, nate dea: The End and Beginning; Book 3. antiquam exquirite matrem: Setting the Colonization Narrative in Motion; Book 4. hic amor, haec patria est: The Place of Love; Book 5. lectos iuuenes . . . defer in Italiam: Transformation of the Mission; Book 6. aeternumque tenet per saecula nomen: Names on the Land; The Poem's Second Half. occidit, occideritque sinas cum nomine Troia: Journey's End; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Rerum.

The Trojans' journey to Italy in Vergil's Aeneid teaches them to love their new homeland and their new name-the Romans.



9780472120444 9780472052288

2020707205


Virgil --


Colonization in literature.


Electronic Books.

PA6825 / .F563 2014