Virgil: Aeneid Book IX
, by Virgil , Edited by Philip HardieNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521359528 | 052135952X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/27/1995
This is the first major single-volume edition in English of Book IX of Virgil's Aeneid, a pivotal part of the poem that contains the nocturnal interlude of the ill-fated expedition of the young Trojans Nisus and Euryalus. The volume includes a detailed linguistic and thematic commentary on the text, and an introduction consisting of a series of interpretative essays on the book. It offers invaluable help to students of Virgil and will also be of interest to professional scholars of Latin literature.