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Incerti Auctoris Aetna Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Goodyear, F. R. D. (Author), Diggle, James (Editor), Hopkinson, Neil (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0521604346     ISBN-13: 9780521604345
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $52.24  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: May 2004
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Annotation: The Aetna is something of a curiosity: a didactic poem on the nature and causes of volcanic activity. In antiquity it was ascribed by some to Virgil; modern scholars reject this and, although unable to agree upon a date, favour the first century A.D. The text itself presents many problems in reading and interpretation, arising partly from corruptions in the manuscripts, partly from obscurities in the subject-matter. These difficulties are increased by the nature of the author's style: it is terse and elliptical, and at the same time loaded with scientific detail and mythological allusion. Dr Goodyear's edition provides a long introduction, a text with critical apparatus, a commentary, bibliography and indexes. The text is more reliable than any published hitherto.

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BISAC Categories:
- History
- Foreign Language Study | Latin
Dewey: 878
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.32" W x 8.38" L (0.75 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Bibliography
 
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