Virgil: Aeneid Book IX
Part of Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Real Author: Virgil
- Editor: Philip Hardie
- Date Published: January 1995
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521359528
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This is the first major single-volume edition in English of Book IX of Virgil's Aeneid, a pivotal part of the poem that contains the nocturnal interlude of the ill-fated expedition of the young Trojans Nisus and Euryalus. The volume includes a detailed linguistic and thematic commentary on the text, and an introduction consisting of a series of interpretative essays on the book. It offers invaluable help to students of Virgil and will also be of interest to professional scholars of Latin literature.
Read more- The first major commentary in English on Aeneid IX
- Introduction consisting of a series of original interpretative essays
- Author has high reputation among Latin scholars
Reviews & endorsements
"...an altogether admirable commentary....really first-rate, distinguished work....Exemplary use of how parallels, borrowings and influences work..." Nicholas Horsfall, Vergilius
See more reviews"The same piercing intelligence, command of Greek and Latin literature, and refusal to be satisfied with tired old formulations that are apparent in his earlier books and his numerous articles make this commentary a most valuable contribution, and I look forward eagerly to further discussions by Hardie of the issues raised by Aeneid 9. As much as anyone working on Latin poetry today Hardie is unpredictable, with a rare tendency simply to go in the direction the evidence before him indicates on any issue. When you see his name in a table of contents or card catalogue, take and read." Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Hardie successfully incorporates the most valuable ancient and contemporary materials on Vergil to produce a more literary approach reflecting the insights and biases of critical work of recent decades. This edition will br appreciated by students and scholars alike." Classical World
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- Date Published: January 1995
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521359528
- length: 268 pages
- dimensions: 203 x 127 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.3kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The place of book IX in the second half of the Aeneid
2. The structure of book IX
3. Links with other books
4. Reworking Homer
5. Cities and sieges
solidarity and division
6. Young men at war
defining the epic hero
Trojans and Italians
7. Turnus
8. Homeric gods and Roman religion
knowledge human and divine
recognition
9. The Nisus and Euryalus episode
P. Vergili Maronis Aeneidos Liber IX
Commentary
Indexes.
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