Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity

Hardback

Main Details

Title Juno's Aeneid: A Battle for Heroic Identity
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Joseph Farrell
SeriesMartin Classical Lectures
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenrePoetry by individual poets
Literature - history and criticism
Literary studies - classical, early and medieval
Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780691211169
ClassificationsDewey:873.01
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 29 June 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

A major new interpretation of Vergil's epic poem as a struggle between two incompatible versions of the Homeric hero This compelling book offers an entirely new way of understanding the Aeneid. Many scholars regard Vergil's poem as an attempt to combine Homer's Iliad and Odyssey into a single epic. Joseph Farrell challenges this view, revealing

Author Biography

Joseph Farrell is the M. Mark and Esther K. Watkins Professor in the Humanities and professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include Ennius' "Annals": Poetry and History and A Companion to Vergil's "Aeneid" and Its Tradition.

Reviews

"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" "Thoroughly researched. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice Reviews * "A highly engaging, well-written, and thought-provoking take on the Aeneid, which will become an indispensable guide both to Virgil's text and to the long and rich tradition of scholarship on the poem."---Anke Walter, Greece and Rome