This pivotal book of the Aeneid has Aeneas - like Odysseus in Odyssey XI - visiting the Underworld. He is poised, as it were, between the world of his 'Homeric' past, the wanderings he has undergone in the poem's first half, and the destiny mapped out for his descendants, which culminates in the age of Augustus and his lost successor Marcellus. Aeneas is at once a figure of past, present and future.
This edition replaces the long-serving edition by Gould & Whiteley, making the book more accessible to today's students and taking account of the most recent scholarship and critical approaches to Virgil. It includes an introduction, annotation to explain language and content, and a comprehensive vocabulary.
By:
Virgil Edited by:
Dr Keith Maclennan (formerly Rugby School UK) Volume editor:
Dr Keith Maclennan (formerly Rugby School UK) Imprint: Bristol Classical Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 137mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 302g ISBN:9781853996535 ISBN 10: 185399653X Series:Latin Texts Publication Date:01 November 2002 Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface Introduction 1. Historical background 2. Virgil's life and writings 3. Virgil and his predecessors 4. The Aeneid as a poem 5. Summary of the Aeneid 6. The Sixth Book 7. Metre 8. Virgil's use of metre and language 9. Metre and syntax 10. Metrical rarities Some reading Notes Aeneid VI: The Latin Text Notes on the Text Appendix: Virgil, Ennius, Lucretius Index 1: Literary, grammatical and metrical terms Index 2: Names in the text Index 3: Other names Vocabulary Abbreviations
