Virgil, Aeneid 4 : text, translation, commentary / [edited] by Lee M. Fratantuono, R. Alden Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virgil, author.

Contributor:

Fratantuono, Lee, 1973- editor.

Smith, R. Alden, editor.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 462.

Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 462

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aeneas (Legendary character).

Aeneas.

Epic poetry, Latin.

Virgil. Aeneis--Liber 8.

Virgil.

Aeneis (Virgil).

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

XI, 982 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Aeneid 4

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Language Note:

English translation, introduction and commentary with original Latin.

Summary:

"The fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid is the shortest of his epic, and yet it has had an inestimable influence. The tragedy of Dido is replete with allusions to the Medeas of Euripides, Apollonius, and Ennius, as well as to Catullus' Ariadne and the historical Cleopatra of Virgil's Augustan Age. The book has intratextual connections to the poet's own fourth Georgic (as he revisits the topic of apian regeneration and the loss of Eurydice), even as it confronts the reality of Rome's bloody history with Carthage. The present volume offers the first full-scale commentary on the book in over eighty years, together with a new critical text that reflects recent scholarship on significant difficulties"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.

Contains:

Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 4

Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 4. English

Other Format:

Online version: Virgil. Virgil, Aeneid 4

ISBN:

9789004521438

9004521437

OCLC:

1338686059