Virgil, Aeneid 11
Subtitle: a commentary
By: by Nicholas Horsfall.
Contributors: Horsfall, Nicholas.
Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.; 244
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 505
Subjects: Virgil.; Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English.; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature.; Rome -- In literature.
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Aeneid 11
Description: "This is the first comprehensive commentary on Aeneid 11. The commentary treats fully matters of linguistic and textual intepretation, metre and prosody, grammar, lexicon and idiom, of Roman behaviour, social and ritual, as well as Virgil's sources and the literary tradition. New critical approaches and developments on Virgilian studies have been taken into account with economy and fairness. The Latin text is presented with a facing English translation. The commentary is followed by an appendix on Penthesilea and the Epic Cycle and a second appendix which discusses the weaknesses of Aeneid 11. The book concludes with English and Latin indices." "In approach and learning, this commentary continues Nicholas Horsfall's impressive work as a commentator and will advance our understanding of the Aeneid and the poet Virgil."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Text in Latin and English; commentary in English.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.