Virgil's Iliad
Subtitle: An Essay on Epic Narrative
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 25, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780521287562
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; To 1500; History and criticism; Epic poetry, Latin; Language Arts & Disciplines; Poetry; Language; Narration (Rhetoric); General; Language Arts & Disciplines : General; Latin poetry; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry : General; Virgil.--Aeneis; Aeneis; Virgil; Aeneas (Legendary character) i; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature; History
First sentence: Aeneid VI, and the poem's first half, ended with Aeneas's ascent from the underworld and his departure from Cumae, whence the Trojans sailed round the gulf of Caieta to the modern Gaeta: Then he sailed straight to the harbour of Caieta, And dropped anchor; the ships were beached.