Virgil's "Aeneid": A Reader's Guide (Paperback)
$36.98 - Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |- Also available in...
- Hardback $105.06
Short Description for Virgil's "Aeneid" Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived.
Full description- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published: 18 May 2007
- Format: Paperback 168 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9781405159739 ISBN 10: 1405159731
- Sales rank: 494,043
Other books
Full description for Virgil's "Aeneid"
Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. * Guides readers through the complexity of Virgil's poetic style and imagery * All extracts are translated, with original Latin given when necessary * Provides useful historical and social context in which to understand the poem as it was viewed in its time * Includes short introductions to important topics such as Roman religion and the Roman concept of 'character' * Features a helpful appendix which clarifies how to read and hear the poem's Latin hexameter
