AeneisA unique tool for scholars and teachers, this translation and commentary, on facing pages with the original Latin, allows easy access to Servius' seminal work on one of the most widely-read books of the Aeneid: Book 4. -- Introduction on the life of Servius, the textual tradition -- Latin text of Vergil's Aeneid, Book 4, with Servius' commentary beneath it -- Facing-page translation of both Vergil and Servius -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Facsimile of the 1536 edition of Servius' commentary on Book 4 |
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Page xiii
... Donatus show us the teacher concerned with correct usage . The Virgil commentary shows us the teacher applying his knowledge to the enarratio of a standard text . We should remember that by Servius ' time Virgil had been a school text ...
... Donatus show us the teacher concerned with correct usage . The Virgil commentary shows us the teacher applying his knowledge to the enarratio of a standard text . We should remember that by Servius ' time Virgil had been a school text ...
Page xviii
... Donatus ' views about grammatici teaching Virgil are clear : he assures his son that “ If you adequately pay attention to Virgil's poetry and suitably understand its purpose , you will find in the poet a great rhetor and hence you will ...
... Donatus ' views about grammatici teaching Virgil are clear : he assures his son that “ If you adequately pay attention to Virgil's poetry and suitably understand its purpose , you will find in the poet a great rhetor and hence you will ...
Page xix
... Donatus considers groups of lines , often by paraphrasing them . Here , for example , is his commentary on the first two lines of Book Four : The story demanded that after all the necessities , Aeneas with- drew to rest ; for he had ...
... Donatus considers groups of lines , often by paraphrasing them . Here , for example , is his commentary on the first two lines of Book Four : The story demanded that after all the necessities , Aeneas with- drew to rest ; for he had ...
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ac si diceret Aelius Donatus Aeneas Aeneid AGATHYRSI alii aliud amor Apollo Ascanius atque aut certe autem Book Four called Carm Carthage Cicero commentary cura Dardanus death deorum deos dicit dicitur dicta dicunt Dido diximus dixit eius elocutio enim ergo etiam fama fate fuit gods grammaticus haec hinc Horace Horatius Iarbas id est ideo ignis illud insomnia inter Iouis ipsa ipse iubar Iuno Iuppiter Juno Jupiter lacrimas Libya licet loco lover Lyciae Mauritania means ment mihi modo morte multa nomen numina nunc omnia paulo post potest propter pyre quae quam quia quibus quid quod rites rumor sane scilicet secundum sensus Servius sicut sister soul sunt supra Sychaeus tamen tantum terras things THYIAD Tiberius Claudius Donatus tibi tion Trojan Tyrians uera uero Veneris verb Virgil words Zephyros