| Vergil: Aeneid 10 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Virgil (Author), Harrison, S. J. (Editor), Harrison, S. J. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0198150962 ISBN-13: 9780198150961 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $88.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1997 Annotation: The tenth book of Vergil's Aeneid contains some of the poem's most dramatic war narrative and yet has been unjustly neglected by Vergilian scholars. Making the text accessible to the modern reader, this book provides a full introduction examining the literary aspects of Aeneid 10, notes on the text and translation, a discussion of the major interpretational problems of the Aeneid raised in Book 10, and a facing English translation of the text for those with little or no knowledge of Latin. The first major commentary to deal exclusively with Book 10, this work will be invaluable to all interested in the great Roman epic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Series: Oxford Classical Monographs (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.34" W x 8.41" (0.93 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The tenth book of Vergil's Aeneid contains some of the poem's most dramatic war narrative and yet has been unjustly neglected by Vergilian scholars. Making the text accessible to the modern reader, this book provides a full introduction examining the literary aspects of Aeneid 10, notes on the text and translation, a discussion of the major interpretational problems of the Aeneid raised in Book 10, and a facing English translation of the text for those with little or no knowledge of Latin. The first major commentary to deal exclusively with Book 10, this work will be invaluable to all interested in the great Roman epic. |