Reading Virgil

AeneidI and II

By: Peter Jones

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Virgil's Aeneid, an epic which tells the story of Aeneas' flight from burning Troy, his adventures on the high seas and eventual arrival in Italy, thereby founding the Roman race, is one of the most influential works of Roman literature. This edition of the first two books is designed for those who have completed an introductory course in Latin and aims to help such users to enjoy one of Latin literature's greatest masterpieces. The text is accompanied by a running vocabulary, learning vocabulary, full grammatical help and notes. Essays at the end of each passage are designed to encourage appreciation of Virgil's plot-handling, poetic art and rich understanding of humanity, and there are references throughout to the most helpful modern thinking about the poem and its significance. No other intermediate text is so carefully designed to provide all the help that is needed to make reading Virgil a pleasure.

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"The accuracy and the rigor of both the line-by-line commentary and the paraphrase/discussion, the validity of the interpretation, the rich understanding and the clear explanation of Virgil's art along with the helpfulness of grammatical and lexical tools make this volume indispensable for those students and readers who are longing to read the first two books of the Virgilian masterpiece in the original language, and for those teachers who are looking for an easy and possibly pleasant approach to introduce their students to the Aeneid." --BMCR
"Not only is Jones's Reading Virgil a wonderful addition to the AP Virgil curriculum, but students as well as seasoned readers of Virgil and the epic tradition will truly appreciate all the effort and care that went into producing this exquisite volume. We can hope that Jones will soon follow up with Reading Virgil for Aeneid III-XII." ---New England Classical Journal

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List of illustrations	p. viii
List of maps	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
List of abbreviations	p. xiii
Introduction: Virgil and the Aeneid	p. 1
Life of Virgil	p. 1
Rome in the first century BC	p. 5
The Aeneid and its forerunners	p. 8
Aeneas	p. 23
Gods and fate	p. 28
Servius	p. 32
Glossary of literary terms	p. 33
Notes for the reader	p. 36
Help with the text	p. 37
Grammar	p. 39
Metre and verse in the Aeneid	p. 41
Suggestions for further reading	p. 52
Maps	p. 55
Aeneas' mission: from storm to refuge	p. 57
Section 1.1-33: Introduction - Juno's anger and the founding of Rome	p. 59
Learning vocabulary	p. 68
Study section	p. 69
Section 1.34-123: Storm at sea	p. 71
Learning vocabulary	p. 85
Study section	p. 86
Section 1.124-222: Neptune's intervention, and landfall	p. 88
Learning vocabulary	p. 102
Study section	p. 103
Section 1.223-304: Jupiter's promise	p. 105
Learning vocabulary	p. 117
Study section	p. 117
Section 1.305-417: Encounter with Venus	p. 119
Learning vocabulary	p. 132
Study section	p. 132
Section 1.418-519: Arrival in Carthage	p. 135
Learning vocabulary	p. 147
Study section	p. 148
Section 1.520-656: Dido's welcome	p. 150
Learning vocabulary	p. 163
Study section	p. 163
Section 1.657-756: Falling in love	p. 165
Study section	p. 176
Topics for extended essays on Book 1	p. 177
Aeneas' account of the destruction of Ilium	p. 179
Section 2.1-56: The Greeks' 'departure', and the wooden horse	p. 181
Learning vocabulary	p. 192
Study section	p. 193
Section 2.57-198: Sinon's tale	p. 194
Learning vocabulary	p. 215
Study section	p. 216
Section 2.199-267: The fate of Laocoon	p. 218
Learning vocabulary	p. 227
Study section	p. 227
Section 2.268-401: From a dream of Hector to the battle for Ilium	p. 228
Learning vocabulary	p. 242
Study section	p. 243
Section 2.402-505: The siege of Priam's palace	p. 244
Learning vocabulary	p. 256
Study section	p. 256
Section 2.506-58: The death of Priam	p. 259
Learning vocabulary	p. 265
Study section	p. 265
Section 2.559-633: Helen and Venus	p. 267
Learning vocabulary	p. 275
Study section	p. 275
Section 2.634-734: Anchises	p. 277
Study section	p. 287
Section 2.735-804: Creusa	p. 288
Study section	p. 295
Topics for extended essays on Book 2	p. 296
Some views for general discussion	p. 297
Appendix: Other versions of the sack of Ilium	p. 298
Total learning vocabulary	p. 302
Index	p. 317
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