Servius' Commentary on Book Four of Virgil's "Aeneid": An Annotated Translation - Softcover

Servius; Christopher Michael McDonough; Richard E. Prior; Mark Stansbury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865165149 ISBN 13: 9780865165144

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

Servius' Commentary is important not only as a rich source of information on Virgil's
masterpiece but also for its countless gems about Roman life and literature. Its
value has remained unquestioned.

This dual-language (Latin and English) edition offers an English translation of the text of Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4 (the story of Dido and Aeneas, probably the most widely read book), with a translation of Servius' celebrated commentary below. On facing pages are the original, unadapted Latin texts of Vergil and Servius, allowing easy access to Servius' seminal work. This edition is an unparalleled tool for both scholars and teachers, and the ideal complement for any in-depth study of the Aeneid.

Features

Frontispiece: Facsimile page from the 1536 edition of Servius' commentary on Book 4
Introduction on the life of Servius and the textual tradition
Unadapted Latin text of Virgil's Aeneid, Book 4, with Servius' Commentary in unadapted Latin below
Facing-page English translation of both Virgil and Servius
Endnotes
Guide to further reading

Author bios

Christopher M. McDonough earned a PhD in Classical Philology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has published numerous articles in classical journals and is Associate Professor of Classics at Sewanee, The University of the South.

Richard E. Prior holds a PhD in Classical Philology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the author of The Everything Learning Latin Book, 501 Latin Verbs, Latin Verb Tenses, and several scholarly articles in classical journals. He is Associate Professor at Furman University in Greenville, SC.

Mark Stansbury received a PhD in History from Boston College. He is the author of The Official Sympatico Guide to the Internet (Nelson, 1996) and several articles that appeared in collections of essays and in journals. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the Seminar für Mittellateinische Philologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany, and holds a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865165149
• ISBN 13: 9780865165144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156