Fate and the hero in Virgil's Aeneid : Stoic world fate and human responsibility /

This book explores how Virgil in his Aeneid incorporates the ancient Stoics' thinking about how humans can exercise moral responsibility and how this can affect providential world fate. The third century BC philosopher Chrysippus of Soli located this freedom in the way we can assent to courses...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Zanker, G. (Graham), 1947- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Subjects:	Virgil. > Aeneis. Virgil > Criticism and interpretation. Stoics in literature. Fate and fatalism in literature. Responsibility in literature.