Virgil’s complete works: pastoral Eclogues, agricultural Georgics, and the Aeneid, Rome’s founding epic of gods, war, and destiny.
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Virgil’s complete works: pastoral Eclogues, agricultural Georgics, and the Aeneid, Rome’s founding epic of gods, war, and destiny.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;">4to. ff. [2] (blank), [1] (plates), [14] (prelims), pp. 246, 588, [192], ff. [2] (blank). Signatures: â4, ê4, î4, ô2, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4, Hh3, 2A-Z4, 2Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, AAaa-DDdd4, EEee2, a-z4, aa4. Contemporary French calf. Gilt filet on boards’ edges. Gilded spine on 5 bars, red panel. Red edges. Signature “A.G.” on first blank. Manuscript n...
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Dido–Aeneas love affair; sensual cave union, non-explicit
Epic battles, combat deaths, fall of Troy; warfare central
No profanity present
Wine and feasting in classical banquet scenes
No explicit LGBTQ+ content depicted
Roman gods intervene constantly; piety and ritual central
Prophecies, omens, Sibyl, and underworld journey
No real-world occult content present
Rome’s founding myth; destiny and imperial themes central
Dido’s on-page suicide is a major plot event
War captives, slavery, civilian suffering in siege and battle
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