Virgil, Aeneid 8 : text, translation, and commentary / edited by Lee M. Fratantuono, R. Alden Smith

Author:: Virgil
Additional Titles:: Aeneid 8
Published:: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Physical Description:: ix, 801 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Fratantuono, Lee, 1973-, Smith, R. Alden, and Virgil

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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 416

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Text and translation -- Commentary -- Bibliography -- Index nominum -- Index rerum -- Index verborum.

Summary:

This volume provides the first full-scale commentary on the eighth book of Virgil's 'Aeneid', the book in which the poet presents the unforgettable tour of the site of the future Rome that the Arcadian Evander provides for his Trojan guest Aeneas, as well as the glorious apparition and bestowal of the mystical, magical shield of Vulcan on which the great events of the future Roman history are presented - culminating in the Battle of Actium and the victory of Octavian over the forces of Antony and Cleopatra. A critical text based on a fresh examination of the manuscript tradition is accompanied by a prose translation.

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ISBN:

9789004367357 hardcover
9004367357 hardcover

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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