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Vergil: Aeneid, Book II | |||
Vergil: Aeneid, Book II 2008 • 978-1-58510-226-6 • paper • 175 pages • 6 x 9 • $15.95 First in a series of commentaries that will cover all of the Aeneid, this text covers all of Book 2. Designed for the intermediate Latin-language student it includes an introduction, Latin-language text, commentary, and other student materials. . | About the Authors | Table of Contents | Preface | Review | |||
Description This book is part of a new series that will eventually encompass all twelve books of Virgil's Aeneid in single volumes with newly edited text, notes, and commentary. Books I-VI will be collected into a single volume as will Books VII to XII.
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Randall Ganiban is an associate professor of Classics at Middlebury College in Vermont, where he has taught since 1996. He received his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University and his BA in Latin from Yale University. He specializes in Roman epic and is overseeing a series of commentaries on the Aeneid for Focus.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction to Vergil’s Aeneid Vergil’s lifetime and poetry Vergil and his predecessors The Aeneid, Rome, and Augustus Book 2 within the context of the Aeneid Structure and major themes of Aeneid 2 Latin text of Aeneid 2 Appendix A: Vergil’s Meter Appendix B: Stylistic Terms Works Cited Vocabulary Index
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Aeneid 2 tells the tragic story of Troy’s fall and is one of the most powerful books of the entire epic. This volume is an introductory commentary on Aeneid 2 for use at the intermediate level or higher. It provides a generous amount of basic information about grammar and syntax so that students of varying experience will have what they need to translate the Latin. At the same time, it addresses issues of interpretation and style so that students at all levels will have a richer experience of the poem. Finally, it includes extensive bibliographic notes that will help readers pursue areas of special interest. This commentary takes as its starting point the valuable school edition of Aeneid 2 by T. E. Page (1889), reprinted without vocabulary in his Virgil: Aeneid 1-6 (1894). Page’s commentary notes have been pared down, and new and updated material has been included throughout. In addition, the general introduction, appendices on meter and style, and an index of grammatical, stylistic, and metrical items are all new. In adapting Page’s vocabulary, I have altered some definitions, and have made various changes in formatting and the presentation of word listings. I have also consulted a wide range of commentaries on the Aeneid; those by Conington, Austin, and Williams have been particularly helpful. The Latin text of Aeneid 2 used here is that of F. A. Hirtzel (Oxford, 1900) with several changes in punctuation and with the following differences in readings: 69 nunc for me, 349 audentem for audendi, 392 Androgei for Androgeo, 503 tanta for ampla, 616 nimbo for limbo, and 771 furenti for ruenti. This edition places the Latin text and commentary on the same page.
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