'Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic' focuses on the works of the major Augustan poets, Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid and explores the under-studied aspect of their poetry, namely the way in which they constructed and investigated images of the Roman Republic and the R…
'Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic' focuses on the works of the major Augustan poets, Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid and explores the under-studied aspect of their poetry, namely the way in which they constructed and investigated images of the Roman Republic and the R…
'Augustan Poetry and the Roman Republic' focuses on the works of the major Augustan poets, Vergil, Horace, Propertius, and Ovid and explores the under-studied aspect of their poetry, namely the way in which they constructed and investigated images of the Roman Republic and the R…
by Johnston, Patricia A., Farrell, Joseph, Ganiban, Randall Toth, Virgile
fromFocus Vergil Aeneid commentaries
by Johnston, Patricia A., Farrell, Joseph, Virgil, Ganiban, Randall Toth
fromThe Focus Vergil Aeneid commentaries
This compelling book offers an entirely new way of understanding the Aeneid. Many scholars regard Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a single epic. Joseph Farrell challenges this view, revealing how the Aeneid stages an epic contest to determin…
"This book, based on the prestigious Martin Lectures, given annually at Oberlin College, offers a major new interpretation of Vergil's Aeneid. Scholars have tended to view Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine aspects of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a single epic. Joseph Farr…
"This book, based on the prestigious Martin Lectures, given annually at Oberlin College, offers a major new interpretation of Vergil's Aeneid. Scholars have tended to view Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine aspects of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a single epic. Joseph Farr…
Introduction -- Arms and a man -- Third ways -- Reading Aeneas. "This book, based on the prestigious Martin Lectures, given annually at Oberlin College, offers a major new interpretation of Vergil's Aeneid. Scholars have tended to view Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine asp…
"This book, based on the prestigious Martin Lectures, given annually at Oberlin College, offers a major new interpretation of Vergil's Aeneid. Scholars have tended to view Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine aspects of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a single epic. Joseph Farr…
