Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1 Life and works of Virgil 2 Virgil and Augustus 3 The legend of Aeneas 4 Sources of the Aeneid 5 Synopsis of the Aeneid 6 Structure and themes 7 Virgil’s hexameter 8 The manuscripts of the Aeneid and the ancient commentators 9 Differences of text between this edition and Mynors and Hirtzel 10 Bibliography TEXT Commentary Index to the notes English-Russian vocabulary Index of prepositions Index of Russian words and morphemes Index of grammatical subjects

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The first volume of R. Deryck Williams' classic edition of the Aeneid, covering books I-VI.

About the Author

R. Deryck Williams was Professor of Classics at the University of Reading, UK, and a leading scholar of Virgil; he published numerous articles and commentaries on his work.