Various attempts have been made, over the years, to assess the character of Dido, and
explain her presence in, and extraordinary influence on, the Aeneid. Some critics have seen …

RG Austin, in the introduction to his edition of Aeneid IV, makes the following statement:" His
(ie Vergil's) Dido and his Aeneas are a woman and a man in love; and long after the tragic …

Persuasive evidence exists that Vergil had Cleopatra in mind when he created the character
of Dido. This theory was advanced ovel'70 years ago by DL Drew,'but was later rejected by …

In the middle of Aeneid 6, Aeneas and the Sibyl come to the Lugentes Campi, the Grieving
Fields where the shades of those who have been consumed by the wasting sickness of love …

" Unhappy Dido" is perhaps the most debated figure in the Aeneid after Aeneas himself, but
the immediate causes of her unhappiness are no mystery. Having escaped her murderous …

In the opening section of Ovid's Ars Amatoria 3 the poet, in an attempt to gain favour with his
female addressees, lists a number of legends where it is men who are the deceivers. In this …

In laying out the plot of the Aeneid there were certain features to which Virgil was committed.
They were connected with plot, treatment, and theme. As to plot: the outlines of Aeneas' …

Pease, Austin, and Williams (ad loc.) all see the effigies as having connections with
sympathetic magic, an interpretation which dates from Servius auctus1). There are, however …

tion. It is her Puritan conscience as well as her grief at being rejected that tortures her so.
When she falls in love with Aeneas, and she does so with much hesitance and many self …

The fourth book of the Aeneid remains one of the great portrayals of a woman's tragedy in
Western literature. A small detail, however, seems to have been neglected or misinterpreted …