Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil's Aeneid

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Elegiac Love and Death in Vergil’s Aeneid
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Introduction: Vergil and Elegy in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid 1–6
	A Focused Examination of Elegiac Amor and Mors
	Vergil, Elegy, and Artistic Exchange
	Engagement With Elegy in Eclogues 2, 6, 10: Corydon and Gallus
	Engagement With Elegy in Georgics 4: Orpheus and Eurydice
	Engagement With Elegy in Aeneid 1–6: Juno, Venus, and Dido
	Juno’s Programmatic Amatory Wrath in Aeneid 1
	Venus’ Programmatic Amatory Power in Aeneid 1
	Dido’s Elegiac Devastation in Aeneid 1–6
	Conclusion
1. From Caieta to Erato: Vergil’s Elegiac Programme (Aeneid 7.1–45)
	Caieta, Erato, and Poetic Programme
	Erato’s Enduring Erotic Identity
	The Programmatic Significance of Erato and Caieta
	The Programmatic Significance of Circe and Aurora
	Conclusion
2. Conflicting Amores: The War’s Beginnings in Aeneid 7
	Lavinia’s Desirability
	Turnus’ Pre-Eminence
	Amata’s Desire
	The Infuriation of Amata
	The Infuriation of Turnus
	The Infuriation of Ascanius
	From Amor to Arma
	Turnus’ Emblematic Arma
3. Wielding Passion as Power: Venus’ Manipulation of Vulcan in Aeneid 8
	Venus’ Homeric, Apollonian, and Lucretian Epic Antecedents
	Elegiac Poetics in Venus’ Rhetorical Entreaty of Vulcan
	Elegiac Poetics in Venus’ Physical Seduction of Vulcan
	Elegiac Poetics in Vulcan’s Response to Venus
	Conclusion
	An Ovidian Denouement
4. Warriors in Love: Passion and Death in the Catalogues of Aeneid 7 and 10
	Intergeneric Poetics in the Catalogues of Aeneid 7 and 10
	Elegiac Amor and Mors in the Catalogue of Aeneid 7:Hippolytus/Virbius (A. 7.761–77)
	Elegiac Amor and Mors in the Catalogue of Aeneid 10: Cinyrus, Cupavo, and Cycnus (A. 10.185–93
	Conclusion
5. From Amor to Mors: Passion and Devastation in Aeneid 12
	Turnus’ Impassioned Martial Resolve (A. 12.1–17)
	Latinus’ Ineffectual Speech (A. 12.18–53)
	Turnus’ Reaction to Latinus (A. 12.45–53)
	Amata’s Impassioned Outburst (A. 12.54–63)
	Lavinia’s Amatory Blush (A. 12.64–69)
	Turnus’ Plan for the Duel (A. 12.70–80)
	Turnus’ Elegiac Enervation (A. 12.216–82)
	Amata’s Impassioned Demise (A. 12.595–611)
	Turnus After Amata’s Death (A. 12.620–22, 646–49, 665–71)
	The Interventions of the Dira (A. 12.843–68)
	Juturna’s Lament for Turnus (A. 12.870–81)
	Turnus’ Defeat and Death (A. 12.889–952)
	Sub Umbras
Epilogue: Vergil and Elegy Beyond the Aeneid
	Statius’ Reception of Vergilian Intergeneric Poetics (Siluae 1.2.1–23)
	Ovid’s Reception of Vergilian Intergeneric Poetics (Met. 2.325–38, 14.441–44)
	Conclusion
Glossary: Elegiac Concepts
Bibliography
Index Locorum
General Index