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INCERTI AUCTORIS AETNA
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By: |
F. R. D. Goodyear, Michael Reeve, James Diggle |
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Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
0521604346 |
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9780521604345 |
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
22 March, 2004 |
Series: |
Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries No. 2 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
This edition provides a reliable text of the Aetna, a didactic poem about volcanic activity. |
Synopsis: |
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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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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