Virgilβs Aeneid 5 has long been among the more neglected sections of the poetβs epic of Augustan Rome. Book 5 opens the second movement of the poem, the middle section of the Aeneid that sees the Trojans poised between the old world of Phrygia and the new destiny in Italy. The present volume fills a
Virgil, Aeneid 8: Text, Translation, and Commentary
β Scribed by Lee M Fratantuono; R Alden Smith
- Publisher
- Brill
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 811
- Series
- Mnemosyne Supplements 416
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Virgil, Aeneid 8 provides the first full-scale commentary on one of the most important and popular books of the great epic of imperial Rome. The commentary is accompanied by a new critical text and a prose translation.
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