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Incerti Auctoris Aetna

F R D Goodyear

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  • 256 sidor
  • 2004
The Aetna is something of a curiosity: a didactic poem on the nature and causes of volcanic activity. In antiquity it was ascribed by some to Virgil; modern scholars reject this and, although unable to agree upon a date, favour the first century A.D. The text itself presents many problems in reading and interpretation, arising partly from corruptions in the manuscripts, partly from obscurities in the subject-matter. These difficulties are increased by the nature of the author's style: it is terse and elliptical, and at the same time loaded with scientific detail and mythological allusion. Dr Goodyear's edition provides a long introduction, a text with critical apparatus, a commentary, bibliography and indexes. The text is more reliable than any published hitherto.
  • Författare: F R D Goodyear
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780521604345
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 256
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2004-05-01
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press