Virgil

Broschiertes Buch

Virgil Georgics

Beschreibung

These two volumes provide a commentary, with text on Virgil's "Georgics" written between 35 and 29 BC. The background of the poem and its relationship to the early years of Augustan Rome are considered and a section interprets the poem in the light of recent scholarship.

Autor

Publius Vergilius Maro, known to English-speakers as Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.), is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid, in which he represented the Emperor Augustus as a descendant of the half-divine Aeneas, a refugee from the fall of Troy and legendary founder of Rome. Virgil claimed on his deathbed that The Aeneid was unfinished and a failure, but it became the national epic of ancient Rome, a monument of Latin literature, and has been regarded as one of the great classics of Western literature ever since. Virgil's other works include the Eclogues and the Georgics, also regarded as masterpieces.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780521278508
• ISBN-10: 0521278503
• Artikelnr.: 21266764