Vergil's Aeneid
Subtitle: selected readings from books 1, 2, 4, and 6
By: by Barbara Weiden Boyd
Contributors: Boyd, Barbara Weiden, 1952-
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc.; Bolchazy-Carducci
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mundelein, Ill., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780865167643; 9780865167650
Subjects: Latin Epic poetry; Latin language; Poetry; Aeneas (Legendary character); Readers
Work titles: Aeneid
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The life of Vergil; title: The works of Vergil; title: The first century BCE and the principate of Augustus; title: The Aeneid; title: Vergil's influence; title: Timeline; title: Bibliography; title: Signs and abbreviations; title: Map, "The wanderings of Aeneas"; title: Book 1, lines 1-209, 418-440, 494-578; title: Book 2, lines 40-56, 201-249, 268-297, 559-620; title: Book 4, lines 160-218, 259-361, 659-705; title: Book 6, lines 295-332, 384-425, 450-476, 847-899; title: Appendix A: Vergil's meter: the dactylic hexameter; title: Appendix B: Glossary of rhetorical terms, figures of speech and metrical devices mentioned in the notes.