Detalls del llibre
The Aetna is something of a curiosity: a didactic poem on the nature and causes of volcanic activity. In antiquity it was ascribed by some to Virgil; modern scholars reject this and, although unable to agree upon a date, favour the first century A.D. The text itself presents many problems in reading and interpretation, arising partly from corruptions in the manuscripts, partly from obscurities in the subject-matter. These difficulties are increased by the nature of the author's style: it is terse and elliptical, and at the same time loaded with scientific detail and mythological allusion. Dr Goodyear's edition provides a long introduction, a text with critical apparatus, a commentary, bibliography and indexes. The text is more reliable than any published hitherto.
Llegir més - Autor/a F. R. D. (University Of Cambridge) Goodyear
- ISBN13 9780521604345
- ISBN10 0521604346
- Pàgines 256
- Any Edició 2004
- Fecha de publicación 20/05/2004
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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- F. R. D. (University Of Cambridge) Goodyear
- 9780521604345



