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Aeneid - A Prose Translation

English · Paperback / Softback

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Klappentext Illustrated prose translation of the epic poem with pedagogical apparatus for make reading this important work a joy. The text is complete with an introductory essay! glossary! and an appendix detailing the tabulation of the gods. Notes throughout the text provide help in following the narrative framework of the epic. Features include - Mythology and mythological references are noted throughout the book and an extensive glossary of names helps the reader follow the complicated genealogies. - A comprehensive introduction provides comparison of the poem with the Iliad and the Odyssey as well as a general framework for the epic to help the student follow the narrative flow of the work. - Unlike a poetic translation! Caldwell's work focuses on the story! the myth and the literary context! making this modern new translation on that is easy for the average student to follow and maximum help in understanding.

Product details

Authors Dick (EDT)/ Poulton Caldwell, Vergil
Publisher Focus publishing/pullins co
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.10.2003
 
EAN 9781585100774
ISBN 978-1-58510-077-4
No. of pages 200
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
Series Focus Classical Library
Focus Classical Library
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies

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