Description
Summary: | "This guide offers a complete account of the historical setting and significance of The Aeneid, and discusses Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the most celebrated episodes in the poem, including the tragedy of Dido and Aeneas' visit to the underworld. The volume examines Virgil's psychological and philosophical insights, and analyzes the poem's status as the central classical work of European culture. The guide to further reading has been updated and will prove an invaluable resource."--Jacket
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 111 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780511164118 0511164114 9780521832137 0521832136 9780521539807 0521539803 9781139165341 1139165348 0511166060 9780511166068 0511162510 9780511162510 9780511164910 0511164912 1282394649 9781282394643 9786612394645 6612394641 0511644221 9780511644221 0511566719 9780511566714 1107148715 9781107148710 |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |