| #228309 in Books | Duckworth Publishers | 1998-01-01 | 1998-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.81 x.4 x5.06l,1.09 | File type: PDF | 524 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| which is fine, but the physical book is absurd|By Drew L|This is a facsimile of an older edition, which is fine, but the physical book is absurd. It is about twice as tall and wide as a normal book, but the text is still the size it would be in a normal book. The normal text is centered in the huge page with 3 inch margins all around. In addition, the cover is so flimsy that it|About the Author||R. Deryck Williams was Professor of Classics at the University of Reading, UK, and a leading scholar of Virgil; he published numerous articles and commentaries on his work.
This is the first volume of R. Deryck Williams' classic edition of the Aeneid, covering books I-VI. It includes the Latin text, with English introduction, an extensive commentary and notes by this renowned Virgilian scholar.
Designed for upper school and university students, the commentary discusses the life and works of Virgil, the legend of Aeneas, structure and themes and Virgil's hexameter. It interprets the poetic methods and intentions of the You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Virgil: Aeneid I-VI (Latin Texts) (Bks. 1-6) | Virgil. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.