Vergil's Aeneid/Selections From Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, & 12

Selections from Books 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, and 12

By Barbara Weiden Boyd

Description

Teacher's: Designed for advanced placement and college classes, this text is a complete revision of passages from Pharr's Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI plus selections from Books 10 and 12.

Student: This edition is designed for high school Advanced Placement* and college level courses: a newly updated and revised version of selected passages from Vergil's Aeneid, Books I–VI, by Clyde Pharr (whose user-friendly format revolutionized Latin textbooks), plus additional passages from Books 10 and 12, not found in Pharr. Passages included are: 1.1–519; 2.1–56; 199–297, 469–566, 735–804; 4.1–448, 642–705; 6.1–211, 450–476, 847–901; 10.420–509; 12.791–842, 887–952.

Special Features

* Teacher's: Introduction

* Literal translation

* Questions for discussion and analysis

* Large-print Latin text without macrons or italics, for in-class translation and mock-tests

* Student: General introduction and introduction to each section

* Latin text with selected vocabulary and notes on the same page

* Six new full-color illustrations by Thom Kapheim

* Ancient illustrations

* Grammatical appendix, including newly revised sections: ?Vergil's Meter? and ?Rhetorical Terms, Figures of Speech, and Metrical Devices?

* Index to Grammatical Appendix

* New, updated, selected bibliography

* New, full vocabulary at the back of the book

* Pull-out General Word List