Virgil, a Poet in Augustan Rome

by James Morwood

An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. Virgil is to Latin literature what Homer is to Greek and Shakespeare to English. He is both the supreme poet of Rome's greatness and its most profound exponent of the suffering involved in human experience. This book enables students to explore the issues at the heart of his work. It is built around substantial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521689449
• ISBN13: 9780521689441
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.4"