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Short epics / Maffeo Vegio ; edited and translated by Michael C.J. Putnam, with James Hankins.
Van Pelt Library PA8585.V3 A253 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458.
- Series:
- I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15.
- The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458--Translations into English.
- Vegio, Maffeo.
- Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
- Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458.
- Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English.
- Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern).
- Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356--Poetry.
- Anthony.
- Astyanax (Legendary character)--Poetry.
- Astyanax (Legendary character).
- Aeneas (Legendary character)--Poetry.
- Aeneas.
- Aeneas (Legendary character).
- Jason (Mythological character)--Poetry.
- Jason.
- Jason (Mythological character).
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- lviii, 184 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- Latin text with English translation.
- Summary:
- Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's "Aeneid," Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: "Astyanax," based on an episode in the "Iliad"; "The Golden Fleece" ("Vellus Aureum"); and "Antonias," a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's "Paradise Lost." This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of "Antonias" and "Astyanax."
- Contents:
- Book XIII of the Aeneid 2
- Astyanax 42
- The Golden Fleece 66
- Antoniad 130.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674014839
- OCLC:
- 54081684
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