A Companion to the Study of Virgil (Mnemosyne, Supplements): 151 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004095594 ISBN 13: 9789004095595

Publisher: Brill, 1995

Synopsis

This work provides a guide both to the key problems and to important discussions in the study of Virgil's work. It is intended to be of use to graduate students and university teachers. Many of the issues are difficult and artificial simplifications seem to offer no advantages. Apart from ample discussion of the poems and the main issues they raise, the book offers chapters examining topics such as the life of Virgil, his style, and his influence on late Latin epic and on Latin life and culture.

About this title

Review:

'...qu'on se trouve devant un ouvrage de très grande qualité, indispensable à tous ceux, nombreux, que Virgile continue aujourd'hui d'intéresser.'
Jacques Poucet, l'Antiquite Classique, 1997.
'This is a most beneficial book...This is a book for teachers to recommend to their students. More senior scholars too must have this book on their shelves.'
R.O.A.M. Lyne, The Classical Review, 1999.

About the Author:

Nicolas Horsfall lives in Rome and has published numerous books and articles on Latin literature, mythology and the Roman world, including: La villa sabina di Orazio (Venosa 1993); Virgilio: L'epopea in alambicco (Napoli 1991); Cornelis Nepos: A selection, including the lives of Cato and Atticus; translated with introductions and commentary (Oxford 1989); Vir bonus discendi peritus; studies in celebration of Otto Skutsch's eightieth birthday (London 1988); Roman myth and mythography with J.N. Bremmer (London 1987).

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 9004095594
• ISBN 13: 9789004095595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Horsfall Nicholas