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Virgil: Aeneid I
Contributor(s): Virgil (Author), MacLennan, Keith (Editor)
ISBN: 1853997161     ISBN-13: 9781853997167
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
OUR PRICE:   $34.60  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: July 2010
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Annotation: In Book I of the Aeneid, Aeneas is shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa, near where the Phoenician queen Dido is building a city that will become Carthage. Aeneas and Dido meet and she falls hopelessly in love. This new edition of the Latin text replaces the long-serving edition by Gould & Whiteley, making the book more accessible to today's students and taking account of the most recent scholarship and critical approaches to Virgil. It includes a substantial introduction, annotation to explain language and content, a glossary and a comprehensive vocabulary.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
- Poetry | Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 873.01
Series: Virgil: Aeneid
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 188 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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In Book I of the Aeneid, Aeneas is shipwrecked on the coast of North Africa, near where the Phoenician queen Dido is building a city that will become Carthage. Aeneas and Dido meet. Their doomed love is set against Aeneas' destiny as founding father of Rome.
Edited by Keith Maclennan, this volume makes Virgil's work more accessible to today's students, by setting it in its literary and historical context and taking account of the most recent scholarship and critical approaches to Virgil. The edition includes a full introduction which covers Virgil's life and writings, his literary predecessors, a summary of the epic poem's plot, an exploration of Rome, Carthage and Dido's role, explanation of the metre, and some notes on translating and reading the poem.
As well as the introduction, the volume contains the original Latin text, in-depth annotation to explain language and content, a glossary and a comprehensive vocabulary list.

Contributor Bio(s): MacLennan, Keith: - Keith MacLennan was Head of Classics at Rugby School, UK, and editor of books I, IV and VI of Virgil: Aeneid, also published by Bloomsbury.