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An examination of the main characters in the Aeneid - Aeneas himself, Dido and Turnus - in the light of Virgil's contemporary Augustan political and literary ideology. The characters and the plot and incident of the epic are seen as embodying and exemplifying the ancient ideals of kingship.Cairns, Francis is the author of 'Virgil's Augustan Epic ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521034968 and ISBN 0521034965.
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