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Title Details:
Virgil, Aeneid 4.1–299
Other Titles: Latin text, study questions, commentary and interpretive essays
Authors: Gildenhard, Ingo
Michalopoulos, Andreas (Tr.)
Subject: HUMANITIES AND ARTS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY > LATIN PHILOLOGY
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > LITERATURE
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > ARTS AND LETTERS > PHILOLOGY > NATIONAL LITERATURES > EUROPEAN LITERATURE > LATIN LITERATURE
Keywords:
Aeneas
Dido
Trojans
Romans
Carthage
Roman religion
Augustan poetry
Latin epic poetry
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Abstract:
This book by Ingo Gildenhard, Professor of Classics at King’s College, University of Cambridge, is an excellent annotated edition of Book 4.1-299 of Vergil’s Aeneid, the ‘national’ epic of the Romans and one of the greatest works of world literature. Book 4 of the Aeneid is by far the most well-known and popular among the books of the epic. It recounts the story of Aeneas’ and the Trojans’ stay in Carthage, as well as the love affair between the Trojan hero (and progenitor of the Roman people) and the queen of Carthage, Dido. With intelligent and engaging writing and thanks to the excellent use of bibliography, this book is an excellent study of Aeneid Book 4, which occupies a central place in the epic poem, as it constantly refers back to what preceded in the previous books, while preparing the ground for what ensues. In the Preface, the author explains the structure and organization of the book in detail. This is followed by the Latin Text and then Study Questions for each individual section of the text. The main body of the book is a detailed Commentary, which covers in full issues of language and translation, style, literary technique, intertextuality and historical context, among other topics. The Commentary is accompanied by four Interpretive Essays (1. Content and Form, 2. Historiographical Dido, 3. Allusion, 4. Religion) that cover not only Book 4 but the entire Aeneid.
Linguistic Editors: Kanari, Vassiliki
Graphic Editors: Stavrianou, Irene
Type: Undergraduate textbook
Creation Date: 28-07-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-5667-77-1
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-107
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/8595
Bibliographic Reference: Gildenhard, I., & Michalopoulos, A. (Tr.). (2023). Virgil, Aeneid 4.1–299 [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-107
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. Αcknowledgements
2. Preface
3. Latin text
4. Study questions
5. Commentary
6. Interpretive essays
7. Comprehensive Bibliography
Number of pages 212
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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