Virgil's Iliad
Subtitle: An Essay on Epic Narrative
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 25, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780521245043
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; To 500; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature; Homer; Iliad; Influence; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Virgil.--Aeneis; Narration (Rhetoric); Aeneis; Epic poetry, Latin; Aeneas (Legendary character) i; History; History and criticism; To 1500; Virgil
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.