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Virgil: Aeneid Book XII

Authors

Edited by
Richard Tarrant
, Harvard University, Massachusetts
Published 2012

Description

Book XII brings Virgil's Aeneid to a close, as the long-delayed single combat between Aeneas and Turnus ends with Turnus' death - a finale that many readers find more unsettling than triumphant. In this, the first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, Professor Tarrant explores Virgil's complex portrayal of the opposing champions, his use and transformation of earlier poetry (Homer's in particular) and his shaping of the narrative in its final phases. In addition to the linguistic…

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Key features

  • The first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in any language, with a freshly constituted Latin text
  • The introduction and commentary are suitable for use with upper-level undergraduates and graduate students and offer an up-to-date assessment of the book in its broader literary and historical context
  • Discusses Virgil's metre, a topic not specifically dealt with in other recent Virgilian commentaries

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