The Art of the Aeneid

The Art of the Aeneid
Title The Art of the Aeneid PDF eBook
Author William Scovil Anderson
Publisher Prentice Hall
Pages 150
Release 1969
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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Aeneid

Aeneid
Title Aeneid PDF eBook
Author Virgil
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 259
Release 2012-03-12
Genre Poetry
ISBN 0486113973

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Monumental epic poem tells the heroic story of Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the burning ruins of Troy to found Lavinium, the parent city of Rome, in the west.




Virgil's Epic Designs

Virgil's Epic Designs
Title Virgil's Epic Designs PDF eBook
Author Michael C. J. Putnam
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 284
Release 1998-01-01
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 9780300073539

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This book by one of the preeminent Virgil scholars of our day is the first comprehensive study of ekphrasis in Virgil's final masterpiece, the Aeneid. Virgil uses ekphrasis--a self-contained aside that generates a pause in the narrative to describe a work of art or other object--to tell us something about the grander text in which it is embedded, says Michael C. J. Putnam. Individually and as a group, Virgil's ekphrases enrich the reader's understanding of the meaning of the epic. Putnam shows how the descriptions of works of art, and of people, places, and even animals, provide metaphors for the entire poem and reinforce its powerful ambiguities. Putnam offers insightful analyses of the most extensive and famous ekphrases in the Aeneid--the paintings in Juno's temples in Carthage, the Daedalus frieze, and the shield of Aeneas. He also considers shorter and less well known examples--the stories of Ganymede, the Trojan shepherd swept into the sky by an amorous Jupiter; the fifty daughters of Danaus, ordered by their father to kill their husbands on their wedding night; and Virgil's original tale of a domesticated wild stag whose killing sparks a war between Trojans and Italians. These ekphrases incorporate major themes of the Aeneid, an enduring formative text of the Western tradition, and provide a rich variety of interpretive perspectives on the poem.




Aeneas: Virgil's Epic Retold for Younger Readers

Aeneas: Virgil's Epic Retold for Younger Readers
Title Aeneas: Virgil's Epic Retold for Younger Readers PDF eBook
Author Virgil
Publisher Bristol Classical Press
Pages 0
Release 1991-06-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780862921989

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The story of the Aeneas and the founding of Rome has excitement and adventure, romance and magic, humour and sadness. Emily Frenkel's retelling is fresh and direct. Simon Weller's illustrations are fabulous.




Aeneid

Aeneid
Title Aeneid PDF eBook
Author Virgil
Publisher
Pages 156
Release 1889
Genre Epic poetry, Latin
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Aeneid Book 1

Aeneid Book 1
Title Aeneid Book 1 PDF eBook
Author P Vergilius Maro
Publisher
Pages 272
Release 2020-12-20
Genre
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These books are intended to make Virgil's Latin accessible even to those with a fairly rudimentary knowledge of the language. There is a departure here from the format of the electronic books, with short sections generally being presented on single, or double, pages and endnotes entirely avoided. A limited number of additional footnotes is included, but only what is felt necessary for a basic understanding of the story and the grammar. Some more detailed footnotes have been taken from Conington's edition of the Aeneid.




Poet & artist

Poet & artist
Title Poet & artist PDF eBook
Author Virgil
Publisher
Pages 108
Release 2004
Genre Drama
ISBN

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Accompanying CD-ROM contains illustrations drawn from the 1698, 2nd ed. of John Dryden's translation of the works of Virgil.