Virgil, Aeneid 2 : : a commentary / / by Nicholas Horsfall.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne. Supplements, v. 299. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature
• Author: Horsfall, Nicholas.
• TeilnehmendeR: Virgil.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 299.; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (672 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Virgil, Aeneid two; Preliminary Materials /; Text And Translation /; Commentary /; Appendix 1. The Helen-Episode (567–88) /; Appendix 2. Stesichorus, The Tabula Iliaca Capitolina And Aeneid 2 /; Latin Index /; English Index /; Index Of Names /; Aeneis.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii-xl) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282399705; 9786612399701; 9047442156
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Nicholas Horsfall.

This is Nicholas Horsfall's fourth commentary on a book of the Aeneid and in scale and approach follows closely the earlier volumes.It is aimed at the scholarly public and is not intended as a replacement for Austin's admirable school and undergraduate commentary of 1964. But so splendid an ancient text requires fresh scholarly instruments and this commentary discusses fully the acutely controversial Helen-episode (spurious), matters of linguistic and textual interpretation,, metre, prosody, grammar, lexicon and idiom, as well as Virgil's sources and the literary tradition in which he writes. Full attention is given to matters military and historiographical. New critical approaches and recent developments have been taken into account, with more attention to their spirit than to their language. A text, with translation, and three indices are included.