Vergil: Aeneid 10 (Oxford Classical Monographs) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198150962 ISBN 13: 9780198150961

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Synopsis

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.

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Review

This is a book that all Virgilian scholars will need to own and consult. (Vergilius)

in addition to its fine philology, the commentary should provide a foundation for future discussion of the important issues raised both in Book 10 and at the end of the poem. (Classical World)

Synopsis

Vergil's Aeneid was written in twelve books in the last years of the poet's life (29-19 BC). It was designed as a national epic of Rome and is one of the greatest poems of world literature. The tenth book, which contains some of the poem's most dramatic war-narrative, has been unjustly neglected by Vergilian scholars, and this is the first major commentary to deal exclusively with it. Its aim is to explain Vergil's text for the modern reader. A full introduction examines the literary aspects of Aeneid 10; the scholarly commentary assesses Vergil's skill as a Latin poet and his careful and original use of literary models (especially the Iliad of Homer). There is also some discussion of the major interpretational problems of the Aeneid raised in Book 10. The Latin text is reproduced from R.A.B. Mynors's edition in the Oxford Classical Texts series. A facing English translation makes the text accessible to those with no knowledge of Latin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198150962
• ISBN 13: 9780198150961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348