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Incerti Auctoris Aetna F. R. D. Goodyear (University of Cambridge)

Incerti Auctoris Aetna By F. R. D. Goodyear (University of Cambridge)

Incerti Auctoris Aetna by F. R. D. Goodyear (University of Cambridge)


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The Aetna is a didactic poem on the nature and causes of volcanic activity, orginally ascribed to Virgil but now assumed to have been written in the first century A.D. The edition provides a long introduction, a reliable text with critical apparatus, a commentary, bibliography and indexes.

Incerti Auctoris Aetna Summary

Incerti Auctoris Aetna by F. R. D. Goodyear (University of Cambridge)

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.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Commentary; Bibliography; Indices.

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NLS9780521604345
9780521604345
0521604346
Incerti Auctoris Aetna by F. R. D. Goodyear (University of Cambridge)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2004-05-20
256
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