The Aeneid of Virgil

by Robert Deryck Williams

Overview

The Aeneid of Virgil is one of the greatest works of Classical antiquity. This study by the Virgilian scholar R.
Deryck Williams, first published in 1987 and long unavailable, sets the Aeneid in its historical literary background and shows how Virgil related his own world of the newly established Roman Empire to the experience of the past. The poetic qualities of epic are analysed and illustrated by frequent quotations from the Latin,
always with prose translations. The book will be appreciated by students and teachers of literature, and by knowledgeable non-academic readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780862920449
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/01/1991
Series:	Classical Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

The late
R.D. Williams, Professor of Classics and Reading University, was a leading scholar of Virgil and published numerous articles and commentaries on his work, of which this book was the culmination.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction
1. Virgil’s life and works
2. Summary of the Aeneid
3. The sources of the Aeneid
4. The patriotic aspects of the Aeneid
5. Religion in the Aeneid
6. The major themes of the poem
7. The characters of the poem Commentary Book one Book two Book three Book four Book five Book six Book seven Book eight Book nine Book ten Book eleven Book twelve Appendix
1. Analysis of 1.257-96
2. Analysis of 4.584-629
3. Analysis of 6.445-76
4. Analysis of 12.930-52
Bibliography Glossary