Aeneid IV

by Virgil, H.E. Gould (Editor), J.L. Whiteley (Editor)

Edited with introduction, notes and vocabulary by H. E. Gould & J. L. Whiteley

Genres: Classics, Poetry, Historical, Plays

148 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 20

About the author

born 15 October 70 BC
died 21 September 19 BC

Roman poet Virgil, also Vergil, originally Publius Vergilius Maro, composed the Aeneid , an epic telling after the sack of Troy of the wanderings of Aeneas.

Work of Virgil greatly influenced on western literature; in most notably Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.

Reviews

[Sloan Mulloy]

rip dido you would’ve loved the history of man by maisie peters

[C.]

Seven years later, I can still intone "At regina gravi iam dudum saucia cura" with the correct scansion. I was never good at Latin, but I loved reading this text; Virgil is why everyone should learn latin. I've never been able to read the Aenied, because every translation since has felt so dead and wooden than I can't do it.

[franci]

cioè bello ma anche meno

[Anna]

dai bello ci sta

[Fabiola Romano]

una stella solo perché devo portarlo all'esame in lingua originale

[Luca]

adgnosco veteris vestigia flammae

[noah]

96/100

[Luke McNamara]

Read this an uncountable amount of times to memorise it (prescribed text) and still love it. Ending especially poignant as Virgil paints a beautiful image of the Iris descending from heaven on saffron wings, trailing rainbows, to allow Dido to die.

RIP Dido, you were (literally) a queen.

[Scot]

The Austin commentary on Book IV of the Aeneid focuses on the rhetorical and aesthetic qualities of the poem. Particularly delightful are the liberal samples with which Austin allows us to hear the echoes of Virgil's poetry in its English, French, and Italian successors. The historical, philosophical, and religious background of story is of less interest to Austin.

[Patrick]

Very helpful commentary, better compared to book 1’s.

[Elena]

Questa non è la versione che ho letto io, ma la versione che avevo letto alle superiori non l'ho trovata.

[sophia (taylor’s version)]

i typically hate most of the things i have to read in school but i found this to be quite interesting tbh

[Riya :)]

Fama is the real stuff of nightmares

[giada ୨୧]

i didn't like the miscommunication trope, Dido deserved better, but it was full of pietas so yeah, I like when things get tragic

[Tristan Cullum]

heu, infelicem feminam!

[Ginevra Bonifico]

didone will never see her city built😭

[Hadley Husisian]

I have a semester's worth of commentary on this book, so I will opt to provide none of it for this review.

[Michael]

Den romerske pendant til Odysseen! Også den blev læst i gymmandsnasiet på latin med høj pande!
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris..

[Zach Vowles]

The story, in theory, is interesting. However, I didn't really find this book particularly enjoyable.

[Ferci]

What a ride! Looking forward to more Virgil.