Aeneid 4

by Virgil, Randall Ganiban (Editor), James J. O'Hara (Translator)

This edition is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume is edited by a scholar of Roman epic and designed with the needs of today’s college Latin students in mind. A two-volume edition of all books in the Aeneid will be derived from the series. This is Book Four in the series.

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Historical, Plays

150 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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[frastasher · Rating 3 out of 5]

cioè bello ma anche meno

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

dai bello ci sta

[Fabiola Romano · Rating 1 out of 5]

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

[Luca · Rating 5 out of 5]

adgnosco veteris vestigia flammae

[Luke McNamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Elena · Rating 4 out of 5]

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) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Riya :) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fama is the real stuff of nightmares

[giada ୨୧ · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

didone will never see her city built😭

[Hadley Husisian · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 2 out of 5]

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

[Ferci · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a ride! Looking forward to more Virgil.