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Ideal for intermediate college Latin students and more advanced scholars seeking an accessible yet in-depth commentary on Vergil's Aeneid.
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See moreThis edition is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume is edited by a scholar of Roman epic and designed with the needs of today's college Latin students in mind. A two-volume edition of all books in the Aeneid will be derived from the series.
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This edition is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume is edited by a scholar of Roman epic and designed with the needs of today's college Latin students in mind.
A two-volume edition of all books in the Aeneid will be derived from the series. This is Book Four in the series.
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Anne Rogerson of the University of Sydney praises the commentary as a gem balancing translation aid with insightful scholarly discussion. She highlights its clarity, editorial quality, and accessibility for intermediate students, as well as its value for advanced readers interested in recent debates about Aeneid 4.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781585102280
Publisher: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2011
Country: United States
Imprint: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Edition: New edition
Illustration: 1 map, halftone
Contributors:
- Edited by Randall T. Ganiban
- Edited by Prof. James J. O'Hara
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 11.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 226g
Pages: 160
About the Author
James O'Hara is the George L. Paddison Professor of Latin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Death and the Optimistic Prophecy in Vergil's Aeneid (Princeton 1990), True Names: Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay (Ann Arbor 1996), and Inconsistency in Roman Epic: Studies in Catullus, Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid and Lucan (Cambridge 2007).
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