Roman Aeneas
Selections from Virgil's 'Aeneid' (I-VI) with a Connecting Narrative in English

This book compiles Latin selections from the first six books of Virgil's Aeneid.

P. J. Loseby (Edited by)

9781107421424, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

218 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.22 kg

First published in 1942 as the second edition of a 1939 original, this book compiles Latin selections from the first six books of Virgil's Aeneid for the benefit of those who 'have only a little time for the study of Latin' to give them a sense of the narrative as a whole. Loseby connects the extracts with short links in English to keep the narrative fluid, and includes detailed notes and glossary for each section. This book will be of value to anyone looking for a brief introductory guide to Virgil's epic or with an interest in the history of Classical education.

Preface
Introduction
1. How Aeneas came to Carthage
2. How Aeneas was made welcome by Dido
3. Aeneas tells Dido how the Greeks entered Troy
4. How the ghost of Hector appeared and how Troy was set on fire
5. How Aeneas bore Anchises from the burning town, but lost his wife
6. What befell Aeneas before he came to Africa
7. Of the Cyclops, and of Anchise's death, and Aeneas's further wanderings
8. The love of Dido for Aeneas
9. How Dido slew herself for love of Aeneas
10. How Aeneas landed in Sicily and held funeral games in honour of Anchises
11. Of the funeral games
12. How Aeneas visited the kingdom of the dead
13. How Aeneas met Anchises, and learnt from him of things yet to come
Notes and vocabularies.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]