Title: Divine purpose and heroic response in Homer and Virgil : the political plan of Zeus /
Authors: Alvis, John.
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefied Publishers,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Homer Criticism and interpretation.; Virgil.; Jupiter In literature.; Zeus In literature.; Epic poetry, Classical History and criticism.; Providence and government of God in literature.; Politics and literature Greece History.; Religious poetry History and criticism.; Politics and literature Rome History.; Heroes in literature; Politics and literature Greece.; Politics and literature Rome.
Contents: Pt. 1. The Political Plan of Homer's Zeus. Ch. 1. The Plan of Zeus and the Reversals of Achilles. Ch. 2. Care and Daring in the Odyssey -- Pt. 2. Virgilian Providence: Jupiter's Blessing and Its Problems. Ch. 3. Virgil's Rome: An Empire by Nature? Ch. 4. The Tripartite Soul in the Aeneid.