The Georgics were read by Virgil and Maecenas to Augustus on his return from the East in 29 B.C. : and if , as Suetonius tells us , Virgil was engaged upon them for seven years , he began them in 36 B.C. , a date intrinsically probable ...
Author: Virgil
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ISBN: UCAL:$B735285
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selections from books 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, and 12 Barbara Weiden Boyd ... Works of Vergil...xviii; First Century bce and the Principate of Augustus...xxii; The Aeneid...xxii; Vergil's Influence...xxviii; Timeline...xxix; Bibliography...xxxii ...
Author: Barbara Weiden Boyd
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865165847
Category: Aeneas (Legendary character)
Page: 440
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CHAPTER 4 Varium Et Mutabile Voices of Authority in Aeneid 4 Sarah Spence Of all the books in the Aeneid , Book 4 is the most famous . Not only have most people heard of its main character , Dido , but every reader of Vergil ...
Author: Christine G. Perkell
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 080613139X
Category: Literary Collections
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Vergil's Aeneid has been considered a classic, if not the classic, of Western literature for two thousand years. In recent decades this famous poem has become the subject of fresh and searching controversy. What is the poem's fundamental meaning? Does it endorse or undermine values of empire and patriarchy? Is its world view comic or tragic? Many studies of the poem have focused primarily on selected books. The approach here is comprehensive. An introduction by editor Christine Perkell discusses the poem's historical background, its reception from antiquity to the present, and its most important themes. The book-by-book readings that follow both explicate the text and offer a variety of interpretations. Concluding topic chapters focus on the Aeneid as foundation story, the influence of Apollonius' Argonautica, the poem's female figures, and English translations of the Aeneid. Written in an accessible style and providing translations of all Latin passages, this volume will be of particular value to teachers and students of humanities courses as well as to specialists.For discussions of the siInile see Poschl (1962) 18347, I/Vorstbrock (1963) 9445, G. W. Williams (1983) 17142, Barchiesi (1984) 10345, ... but the detail is suggestive in light of the more overt echoes of book 4 soon to follow (cf.
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316101650
Category: History
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Book XII brings Virgil's Aeneid to a close, as the long-delayed single combat between Aeneas and Turnus ends with Turnus' death - a finale that many readers find more unsettling than triumphant. In this, the first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, Professor Tarrant explores Virgil's complex portrayal of the opposing champions, his use and transformation of earlier poetry (Homer's in particular) and his shaping of the narrative in its final phases. In addition to the linguistic and thematic commentary, the volume contains a substantial introduction that discusses the larger literary and historical issues raised by the poem's conclusion; other sections include accounts of Virgil's metre, later treatments of the book's events in art and music, and the transmission of the text. The edition is designed for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students and will also be of interest to scholars of Latin literature.It should be noted that at the end of Book 4, Dido commits suicide upon a funeral pyre, and so the word here has an ominous undertone. 674 ne quo se numine mutet: 'so that she may not change her mind as a result of any divine ...
Author: Ashley Carter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9781472575722
Category: Foreign Language Study
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This reader of Virgil's text features passages from the first half of the Aeneid and is designed to help students understand and appreciate Virgil's poem, as well as improve their Latin reading skills. Each Latin passage is accompanied by running vocabulary, on-page commentary notes and targeted questions. The book can be used as a source of one-off unseen passages or as a reader for students working through individual books or the whole poem. The commentary notes explain references to characters, places and events, provide linguistic and grammatical help on more challenging Latin phrases, and point out stylistic features. The questions test students' comprehension of the characters and storyline, and give them practice in handling literary terms. The passages are linked by summaries of the continuing plot, so students can grasp the progression of the poem as a whole. An in-depth introduction sets the story of the Aeneid in its mythological, literary and historical contexts; a glossary of literary devices and sections on style and metre are included. At the end of the book is a complete alphabetical vocabulary list.This brightening of prospects raises our spirits and expectations, only for them to be dented when in Virgil's version ... settled and very happy, exactly as will happen in book 4 when he is ordered by the god to get away from Carthage.
Author: Paul Murgatroyd
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 9781527570726
Category: Poetry
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This book is aimed primarily at English-speaking Classical Civilization students taking courses in Virgil, epic and myth at schools, colleges and universities, but will also be of interest to students reading Virgil Aeneid 2 in Latin and to the general reader. The book provides something new for those studying Virgil in translation, offering a detailed and in-depth literary analysis of a single book of the Aeneid, one of the most famous and appealing parts of the whole poem. The book provides a brief introduction to Virgil and the Aeneid in general, and Book 2 in particular. It also offers literary analysis, in order to enhance critical appreciation and plain enjoyment, making the book really come alive. At the end of each chapter exercises, topics for investigation, and references to other scholars and Classical authors are included to extend the engagement with Virgil. At the end of the book, Appendix A contains translations of other versions of the fall of Troy, and Appendix B summarizes the rest of Aeneas’ narrative in Book 3 of the Aeneid (with translation of, and comment, on key passages).L. M. Fratantuono and R. A. Smith (Leiden 2018) Aeneid ix, ed. ... S.J. Harrison (Oxford 1991) Aeneid xi, ed. ... (London 1903–30) Hutchinson, G., Propertius: Elegies Book iv (Cambridge 2006) Kenney, E.J., Lucretius: De rerum natura ...
Author: Virgil
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107071339
Category: History
Page: 317
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A complete treatment of Aeneid XI, with a thorough introduction to key characters, context, and metre, and a detailed line-by-line commentary which will aid readers' understanding of Virgil's language and syntax. Indispensable for students and instructors reading this important book, which includes the funeral of Pallas and the death of Camilla.L. M. Fratantuono and R. A. Smith (Leiden 2018) Aeneid ix, ed. ... S.J. Harrison (Oxford 1991) Aeneid xi, ed. ... (London 1903–30) Hutchinson, G., Propertius: Elegies Book iv (Cambridge 2006) Kenney, E.J., Lucretius: De rerum natura ...
Author: Scott McGill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108859066
Category: History
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Virgil's Aeneid XI is an important, yet sometimes overlooked, book which covers the funerals following the fierce fighting in Book X and a council of the Latins before they and the Trojans resume battle after the end of the truce. This edition contains a thorough Introduction which provides context for Book XI both within and beyond the rest of the poem, explores key characters such as Aeneas and Camilla, and deals with issues of metre and textual transmission. The line-by-line Commentary will be indispensable for students and instructors wishing to enhance their understanding of the poem and especially of Virgil's language and syntax. Accessible and comprehensive, the volume will help readers to appreciate features of Virgilian style as well as deepening their engagement with the content and themes of the Aeneid as a whole.Aeneid . BOOK I. Professor Conington's Edition , abridged . With Vocabulary by W. F. R. SHILLETO , M.A. Is . 6d . [ Lover Form Series . CAESAR.- De Bello Gallico . Books IV . and V. English Notes by GEORGE LONG , M.A. 13. 6d .
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ISBN: NYPL:33433000085294
Category: Bibliography
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