Virgil's Aeneid: A Reader's GuideISBN: 978-1-4051-5973-9
Paperback
176 pages
May 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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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