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Compensations For Exile: A Lacanian Analysis Of Aeneas's Destiny And Dido's Tragedy In Virgil's Aeneid, Jessica Marie Hayes
Compensations For Exile: A Lacanian Analysis Of Aeneas's Destiny And Dido's Tragedy In Virgil's Aeneid, Jessica Marie Hayes
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This thesis will attempt to show that Dido's Tragedy, rather than reinforcing or celebrating a patriotic version of Homer's heroic code, offers a critical view of the suffering involved in the founding of a new nation, and thus of Aeneas's Destiny.