The Poetry of Pathos: Studies in Virgilian Epic

by Gian Biagio Conte

This volume presents a collection of pieces from a celebrated world-class scholar and interpreter of Latin poetry, focusing on the interpretation of Virgil's Aeneid.. It forms the sequel to two widely influential earlier books on Virgil by the same author and translates and adds to a collection of papers published in Italian in 2002. Its central concern is the way in which Virgil reworks earlier poetry (especially that of Homer) at the most detailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287015
• ISBN13: 9780199287017
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"