| Short Epics Contributor(s): Vegio, Maffeo (Author), Putnam, Michael C. J. (Editor), Putnam, Michael C. J. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674014839 ISBN-13: 9780674014831 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Latin Published: July 2004 Annotation: This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of "Antonias" and "Astyanax," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 873.04 |
| LCCN: 2003067725 |
| Series: I Tatti Renaissance Library |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.52" W x 8.22" (0.81 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's Aeneid, Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: Astyanax, based on an episode in the Iliad; The Golden Fleece (Vellus Aureum); and Antonias, a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's Paradise Lost. This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of Antonias and Astyanax. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hankins, James: - James Hankins is Professor of History at Harvard University and founder and General Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy and Renaissance Civic Humanism and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading authorities on humanist political thought.Putnam, Michael C. J.: - Michael C. J. Putnam is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics Emeritus at Brown University. |