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020 _a9781909254176
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050 4 _aPE1408
100 1 _aGildenhard, Ingo
_eauthor
245 0 0 _aVirgil, Aeneid, 4.1-299. Latin Text, Study Questions, Commentary and Interpretative Essays
_cIngo Gildenhard
264 2 _bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _bOpen Book Publishers
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aAcknowledgements -- 1. Preface -- 2. Latin Text -- 3. Study Questions -- 4. Commentary -- 5. Interpretative Essays -- 5.1. Content and Form -- 5.2. Historiographical Dido -- 5.3. Allusion -- 5.4. Religion -- 6. Bibliography
520 0 _aLove and tragedy dominate book four of Virgil's most powerful work, building on the violent emotions invoked by the storms, battles, warring gods, and monster-plagued wanderings of the epic's opening. Destined to be the founder of Roman culture, Aeneas, nudged by the gods, decides to leave his beloved Dido, causing her suicide in pursuit of his historical destiny. A dark plot, in which erotic passion culminates in sex, and sex leads to tragedy and death in the human realm, unfolds within the larger horizon of a supernatural sphere, dominated by power-conscious divinities. Dido is Aeneas' most significant other, and in their encounter Virgil explores timeless themes of love and loyalty, fate and fortune, the justice of the gods, imperial ambition and its victims, and ethnic differences. This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study questions, a commentary, and interpretative essays. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard's incisive commentary will be of particular interest to students of Latin at both A2 and undergraduate level. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Virgil's poetry and discussion of the most recent scholarly thought.
542 1 _fAttribution
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource
650 0 _aHumanities
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650 0 _aRhetoric
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710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
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856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/482
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