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Virgil's Aeneid: A Reader's Guide
By David Ross
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5 (1 rating)
Length: 168 pages4 hours
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Released:
- Apr 15, 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780470777312
- Format:
- Book
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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
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
Book Actions
Start ReadingBook Information
Virgil's Aeneid: A Reader's Guide
By David Ross
Ratings:
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5 (1 rating)
Length: 168 pages4 hours
Description
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
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
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Released:
- Apr 15, 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780470777312
- Format:
- Book
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