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Reading Virgil Aeneid I and II

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ISBN-10: 0521171547

ISBN-13: 9780521171540

Edition: 2011

Authors: Peter Jones

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List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/24/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.408

List of illustrations
List of maps
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Virgil and the Aeneid
Life of Virgil
Rome in the first century BC
The Aeneid and its forerunners
Aeneas
Gods and fate
Servius
Glossary of literary terms
Notes for the reader
Help with the text
Grammar
Metre and verse in the Aeneid
Suggestions for further reading
Maps
Aeneas' mission: from storm to refuge
Section 1.1-33: Introduction - Juno's anger and the founding of Rome
Learning vocabulary
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Section 1.34-123: Storm at sea
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Section 1.124-222: Neptune's intervention, and landfall
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Section 1.223-304: Jupiter's promise
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Section 1.305-417: Encounter with Venus
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Section 1.418-519: Arrival in Carthage
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Section 1.520-656: Dido's welcome
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Section 1.657-756: Falling in love
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Topics for extended essays on Book 1
Aeneas' account of the destruction of Ilium
Section 2.1-56: The Greeks' 'departure', and the wooden horse
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Section 2.57-198: Sinon's tale
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Section 2.199-267: The fate of Laocoon
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Section 2.268-401: From a dream of Hector to the battle for Ilium
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Section 2.402-505: The siege of Priam's palace
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Section 2.506-58: The death of Priam
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Section 2.559-633: Helen and Venus
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Section 2.634-734: Anchises
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Section 2.735-804: Creusa
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Topics for extended essays on Book 2
Some views for general discussion
Appendix: Other versions of the sack of Ilium
Total learning vocabulary
Index