Virgil: Aeneid 10 - Brossura

Virgil

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ISBN 10: 0198150962 ISBN 13: 9780198150961

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1997

Riassunto

Vergil's Aeneid was written in twelve books in the last years of the poet's life (29-19 BC). It was designed as a national epic of Rome and is one of the greatest poems of world literature. The tenth book, which contains some of the poem's most dramatic war-narrative, has been unjustly neglected by Vergilian scholars, and this is the first major commentary to deal exclusively with it. Its aim is to explain Vergil's text for the modern reader. A full introduction examines the literary aspects of Aeneid 10; the scholarly commentary assesses Vergil's skill as a Latin poet and his careful and original use of literary models (especially the Iliad of Homer). There is also some discussion of the major interpretational problems of the Aeneid raised in Book 10. The Latin text is reproduced from R.A.B. Mynors's edition in the Oxford Classical Texts series. A facing English translation makes the text accessible to those with no knowledge of Latin.

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Recensione:

This is a book that all Virgilian scholars will need to own and consult. (Vergilius)

in addition to its fine philology, the commentary should provide a foundation for future discussion of the important issues raised both in Book 10 and at the end of the poem. (Classical World)

L'autore:

Virgil was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic. S. J. Harrison is at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

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• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198150962
• ISBN 13: 9780198150961
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 344