"This is a work of formidable erudition by a - or the - leading scholar in the field of Virgilian studies, now published in paperback at an outstanding bargain price, on which de Gruyter is to be warmly congratulated."
Colin Leach in: Classics for All, 28.01.2017
Praise for Nicholas Horsfall's earlier Aeneid commentaries:
'The persistent wish to do full justice to the author'
Jan den Boeft, Mnem.55 (2002), 374
'the most important aspect of this commentary consists in the fact that H. approaches Virgil's language almost as if discovering it for the first time'
Joseph Farrell, Vergilius 50 (2004), 183
'many acute observations and specimens of good judgement, sometimes also showing a sense of
humour'
H.K.Riikonen, Arctos 40 (2006), 221
'marqueront profondement et durablement les études virgiliennes'
Jacques Poucet, Ant.Class.77 (2009), 443
'On a plaisir à saluer l'extrême richesse de ce commentaire'
J.Champeaux, REL 79 (2001) 271
'What Horsfall has given us is a genuinely amazing book, rich and exciting and we should all be grateful to him.' (on Aen.2)
Andreola Rossi, NECJ 37 (2010), 142
'Extremely rich and erudite, but also exceptionally wide in the diversity of approaches to the text'
Amiel Vardi, Scr.Class.Isr. 21 (2002), 287
'Un grand livre'
J.Champeaux, REL 82 (2004), 300
'The tone of this work is refreshingly lively for such scholarship'
Alden Smith, NECJ 34 (2007), 93
'has instinctive flair for forgotten interpretations and neglected approaches'
A.Barchiesi, CW 102 (2008), 85
'un' opera monumentale, destinata a durare'
A.La Penna, Maia 55 (2003), 415
'Who else could have written a work of such depth and breadth?'
S.J.Harrison, BMCR 6.3.2001
'A superb scholarly achievement' (on Aen.11)
H.K.Riikonen, Arctos 39 (2005), 233
'nicht selten quasi definitive Qualität',
P.Habermehl, Das Altertum 51 (2006), 66
