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Author Horsfall, Nicholas, author

Title Virgil, Aeneid 2 : a commentary / by Nicholas Horsfall
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xl, 629 pages)
Series Mnemosyne. Supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 299. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 299.
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
Contents Preface; Introduction; Ad lectorem; Bibliography; Text and Translation; Commentary; Appendix 1. The Helen-episode (567-88); Appendix 2. Stesichorus, the Tabula Iliaca Capitolina and Aeneid 2; Latin index; English index; Index of names
Summary Offers introduction, text and translation, commentary and indices to 'Aeneid 2'. This book discusses the controversial Helen-episode (spurious), matters of linguistic and textual interpretation, metre, prosody, grammar, lexicon and idiom, as well as Virgil's sources and the literary tradition in which he writes
Analysis Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature
Epic poetry, Latin History and criticism
Virgil Aeneis Liber 2
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xl) and indexes
Notes Parallel text in English and Latin; critical matter in English
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Subject Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 2.
Aeneas (Legendary character) -- In literature
SUBJECT Aeneas (Legendary character) fast
Vergilius Maro, Publius v70-v19 Aeneis 2 gnd
Vergilius Maro, Publius. swd
Aeneis (Virgil) fast
Aeneis 2. swd
Subject Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Epic poetry, Latin
Literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 2
Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 2. English.
ISBN 9789047442158
9047442156
1282399705
9781282399709
9786612399701
6612399708
Other Titles Virgil, Aeneid two