Isbn: 9780521604345 - incerti auctoris aetna (cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 2, band 2) (3 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. This edition provides a reliable text of the Aetna, a didactic poem about volcanic activity. Series Editor(s): Reeve, Michael; Diggle, James; Hopkinson, Neil; Powell, Jonathan; Sedley, David; Tarrant, Richard. Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330. . 2008. Revised ed. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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. …