Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there, he may have written some of…
Virgil
by Goold, G. P., (George Patrick), Fairclough, H. Rushton, (Henry Rushton), Virgil, Virgil
Virgil
by Goold, George P., Fairclough, H. Rushton, Vergilius Maro, Publius, Vergilius Maro, Publius
Aeneid
by Johnston, Patricia A., Farrell, Joseph, Ganiban, Randall Toth, Virgile
fromFocus Vergil Aeneid commentaries
Translated by Rolfe Humphries.
Virgil, Aeneid, book XII
by Tarrant, R. J., Vergilius Maro, Publius
fromCambridge Greek and Latin classics
"Book XII brings Virgil's Aeneid to a close, as the long-delayed single combat between Aeneas and Turnus ends with Turnus' death - a finale that many readers find more unsettling than triumphant. In this, the first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, P…
