The Epic Distilled is a rich exploration of Virgil's use of sources in the Aeneid, considering elements of history, geography, mythology, and ethnography, and offering readers a fresh approach to understanding the full intellectual texture of...
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The Epic Distilled is a rich exploration of Virgil's use of sources in the Aeneid, considering elements of history, geography, mythology, and ethnography, and offering readers a fresh approach to understanding the full intellectual texture of Virgil's epic poem. Cover -- The Epic Distilled: Studies in the Composition of the Aeneid -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Bibliography -- 1: To peel the artichoke -- CH. 1 -- APPENDIX 1 -- CH. 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- 2: 'Ceaselessly wrangling in the bird -cageof the Muses' -- CH. 2 -- APPENDIX 1 -- CH. 2 -- APPENDIX 2 -- 3: Doctus et lector -- 4: Erudition and invention -- 5: The invention of myth -- CH 5 -- APPENDIX 1 -- 6: Inconsistencies -- CONCLUSION -- CH. 6 -- APPENDIX 1 -- 7: Signposts by the wayside -- 8: So the story goes -- 9: The poet as jackdaw, and the role of anachronisms -- CH. 9 -- APPENDIX 1 -- 10: An epic of many voices -- Index.
