ASPECTS OF PROPHECY IN VIRGIL'S AENEID

Which "Aeneid" in Whose Nineties?

I suppose that I ought to feel well-prepared to speak about the future of studies on the Aeneid, having just read and reviewed two new books dealing with the theme of prophecy in that poem. In reality, though, I feel utterly unable to make comfortable predictions about where our epic voyages will take us-particularly as one of the books I alluded to, Professor O'Hara's, sees prophecy in the Aen...

Virgil’s Aeneid in Neronian Literature (Murley)

Virgil’s Aeneid has left an infinitely quotable legacy. Considered by many generations the pinnacle of Latin literature, it was all-but-required reading for the Roman elite from Augustus onward. The influence of the Aeneid on the extant works of the Silver Age of Latin literature is clear, though it takes various forms. Lucan’s Bellum Civile explicitly draws from the epic tradition Romanized by...

The Prophecy of Undo

Prophecy variables are auxiliary program variables whose values are defined in terms of current program state and future behavior. This paper explains their relevance to reasoning about systems with “undo” operations, and develops techniques that facilitate their use.

The Antichrist in Prophecy

The designation "Antichrist," appearing only in the epistles of John (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7), is made up of the Greek words anti ("against, in place of") and christos ("Christ"), and indicates any agent of the evil one (Satan) who acts contrary to or as a counterfeit of God's Anointed who is destined to rule the world in the end time (Psalm 2:2, 6-8; 110:1-2; Isaiah 9:6-7, et. al.). Th...

Prelude, prophecy, and promise.