Reading Virgil: AeneidI and II (Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers)
Cambridge University Press, 3/24/2011
EAN 9780521768665, ISBN10: 0521768667
Hardcover, 334 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 2 cm
Language: English
Virgil's Aeneid, an epic which tells the story of Aeneas' flight from burning Troy, his adventures on the high seas and eventual arrival in Italy, thereby founding the Roman race, is one of the most influential works of Roman literature. This edition of the first two books is designed for those who have completed an introductory course in Latin and aims to help such users to enjoy one of Latin literature's greatest masterpieces. The text is accompanied by a running vocabulary, learning vocabulary, full grammatical help and notes. Essays at the end of each passage are designed to encourage appreciation of Virgil's plot-handling, poetic art and rich understanding of humanity, and there are references throughout to the most helpful modern thinking about the poem and its significance. No other intermediate text is so carefully designed to provide all the help that is needed to make reading Virgil a pleasure.
Introduction
Glossary of literary terms
Notes for the reader
Help with the text
Grammar
Metre and verse in the Aeneid
Bibliography
Maps
Book I. Aeneas' mission
from storm to refuge
topics for extended essays on Book I
Book II. Aeneas' account of the destruction of Ilium
topics for extended essays on Book II
Some views for general discussion
Appendix
other versions of the sack of Ilium
Total learning vocabulary.