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Aeneidos: Liber Quartus

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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.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 20

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Virgil

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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.

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46 reviews
April 16, 2024
rip dido you would’ve loved the history of man by maisie peters
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April 5, 2007
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.
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45 reviews2 followers
October 15, 2026
NO VABBÈ, HO FINITO, GODO!!!!!!
Ora mi ricompongo, dopo un giubilo assolutamente giustificato. I 750 versi del IV Libro fanno parte di una delle pietre miliari della letteratura latina ed europea. È la narrazione della funesta storia d’amore tra Enea e Didone, e per questo c’è molto pathos. Enea, pur nella sua pietas, mi ha alquanto infastidita con i suoi atteggiamenti (ci vuole così tanto a essere un po’ più educato e ad avere del tatto a lasciare la propria amata?!), mentre invano parteggiavo per Didone. Ovviamente la vicenda finisce male per l’innamorata. Una scena estremamente struggente, forse la mia preferita, è quella che subito segue la pugnalata che Didone si infligge sulla pira: la sorella Anna accorre convulsamente disperata dalla sorella mezza morta e la prende teneramente tra le braccia, asciugando il sangue che fluisce con la veste. Non so, questa scena mi ha colpito particolarmente perché lascia emergere un profondissimo legame tra le due. Io credo che il vero amore qui non sia quello tra Enea e Didone, bensì quello che unisce le due sorelle. Tra l’altro, Anna dice che uccidendosi, Didone, ha ucciso anche Anna, la città, addirittura gli antenati. Mi è piaciuta la sintomatologia del tormento amoroso, con i suoi effetti anche fisici su Didone. Devo dire che ho preferito l’ultima parte del IV libro, avendo superato alquante digressioni, similitudini e parti che mi interessavano di meno. È stato faticoso e ci ho messo molto, ma alla fine ne è valsa la pena.
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80 reviews
October 29, 2022
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.

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June 5, 2024
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.
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32 reviews3 followers
April 3, 2022
Very helpful commentary, better compared to book 1’s.
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August 1, 2022
Questa non è la versione che ho letto io, ma la versione che avevo letto alle superiori non l'ho trovata.
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February 2, 2024
i didn't like the miscommunication trope, Dido deserved better, but it was full of pietas so yeah, I like when things get tragic
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April 28, 2025
I have a semester's worth of commentary on this book, so I will opt to provide none of it for this review.
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23 reviews
September 4, 2009
Den romerske pendant til Odysseen! Også den blev læst i gymmandsnasiet på latin med høj pande!
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris..
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