Virgil Aeneid VIII: A Selection
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Virgil Aeneid VIII: A Selection
By (Author) Dr Keith Maclennan
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
7th April 2016
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
873.01
Physical Properties
Paperback
128
Width 138mm, Height 212mm, Spine 8mm
180g
Description
This is the endorsed publication from OCR and Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid VIII, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for lines 86279 and 558584, along with a detailed introduction.
Book VIII of the Aeneid is remarkable for the diversity of its subject matter. Aeneas travels upriver to the site where Rome will be founded. He meets King Evander, who tells him the dramatic story of Hercules and Cacus and shows him round 'Rome' before it is Rome. Aeneas' mother makes new armour for him and at the end of the book we see him brandishing the shield whose centrepiece is the triumph of Augustus.
The OCR selection focuses on Evander and Hercules, and concludes with the fatal moment when Aeneas takes Evander's son Pallas to war. Its vivid narrative, human characters and larger-than-life heroes and villains are compelling reading.
Reviews
[Maclennan is] most successful at lifting the words from the page ... [The book] cover[s the] necessary ground admirably ... Strongly recommended. * Classics For All Reviews *
Author Bio
Keith Maclennan was Head of Classics at Rugby School, UK, and has edited Books I, IV and VI of Virgil's Aeneid, also published by Bloomsbury.
