Introduction; Glossary of literary terms; Notes for the reader; Help with the text; Grammar; Metre and verse in the Aeneid; Bibliography; Maps; Book I. Aeneas' mission: from storm to refuge: topics for extended essays on Book I; Book II. Aeneas' account of the destruction of Ilium: topics for extended essays on Book II; Some views for general discussion; Appendix: other versions of the sack of Ilium; Total learning vocabulary.
This book provides all the help that an intermediate Latin learner will need to read the first two books of the Aeneid.
Peter Jones was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne until his retirement. He has written many books for the student of Latin and Greek, most recently Reading Ovid (Cambridge, 2007) and (with Keith Sidwell) the Reading Latin textbook series.
"The accuracy and the rigor of both the line-by-line commentary and
the paraphrase/discussion, the validity of the interpretation, the
rich understanding and the clear explanation of Virgil's art along
with the helpfulness of grammatical and lexical tools make this
volume indispensable for those students and readers who are longing
to read the first two books of the Virgilian masterpiece in the
original language, and for those teachers who are looking for an
easy and possibly pleasant approach to introduce their students to
the Aeneid." --BMCR
"Not only is Jones's Reading Virgil a wonderful addition to the AP
Virgil curriculum, but students as well as seasoned readers of
Virgil and the epic tradition will truly appreciate all the effort
and care that went into producing this exquisite volume. We can
hope that Jones will soon follow up with Reading Virgil for Aeneid
III-XII." ---New England Classical Journal
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