The Speeches in Vergil's "Aeneid"

by Gilbert Highet

Book Overview

In the Aeneid men, women, gods, and goddesses are characterized by the speeches assigned to them far more than by descriptions of their appearance or behavior. Most of the speeches are highly emotional and individualized, reminding us of the most powerful utterances of Greek tragedy. Gilbert Highet has analyzed all the speeches in the Aeneid , using statistical techniques as well as more traditional methods of scholarship. He has classified the speeches;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069106234X
• ISBN13: 9780691062341
• Release Date: December 1972
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.