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.