Aeneid 1–6 (The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries)
Aeneid 1–6 (The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries) by Virgil, edited by Randall T. Ganiban, Christine Perkell, James J. O'Hara, Joseph Farrell, Patricia A. Johnston
English/Latin | January 4, 2013 | ISBN: 1585102148 | PDF | 536 pages | 5 MB
English/Latin | January 4, 2013 | ISBN: 1585102148 | PDF | 536 pages | 5 MB
Vergil, Aeneid Books 1–6 is the first of a two-volume commentary on Vergil’s epic designed specifically for today’s Latin students. These editions navigate the complexities of Vergil’s text and elucidate the stylistic and interpretive issues that enhance and sustain appreciation of the Aeneid. Editions of individual books of the Aeneid with expanded comments and vocabulary are also available from Focus Publishing.
Features:
• Up-to-date notes and commentary by leading scholars of Roman epic
• A general introduction to the entire volume covering the literary,
cultural, political, and historical background
• Introductions to each book
• Line-by-line notes providing grammatical and syntactical help and
explanations of literary references
• Appendix on meter with examples from the text
• Glossary on rhetorical, syntactic, and grammatical terms