Virgil, Aeneid II: A Selection (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350156470)

This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid Book 2, lines 40-249 and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Book 2, lines 268-317, 370-558, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.

Book II of Virgil's Aeneid is the story of how Troy fell and how Aeneas escaped with his family and his city's gods. It is a narrative relayed in retrospect by Aeneas as a refugee at the court of Queen Dido in Carthage, and the OCR selection covers the book's first two thirds: the Wooden Horse episode, and the chaos which ensues - including the dramatic murder of King Priam. Virgil depicts war in all its ugly complexity, and Aeneas' response to this - as combatant in Troy, as exile in Carthage - is central to the poem's early exposition.

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Author: Dominic Jones
ISBN-10: 1350156477
ISBN-13: 9781350156470
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 03/09/2023
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d