![]() ![]() Also useful (but only for the first six books) is Pharr's Aeneid. Barbara Weiden Boyd's Vergil's Aeneid (2004) is also useful but does not contain the entire text. An excellent recent edition is that of Randall T. ![]() The version at The Latin Library has been formatted for printing and can be used to annotate vocabulary and grammar. You may use any text of the Aeneid available to you. The work required is considerable, the rewards commensurate. Our goal is to read with ease the entirety of Book II and to articulate a basic understanding of Vergil's technique (including scansion and rhetorical devices). ![]() Students are expected to have prepared the assigned text well enough to read it with minimal difficulty and discuss grammatical constructions. We will move slowly at first, more quickly as the semester progresses. As with all authors, the style and vocabulary become more easily absorbed as the work progresses. Vergil's style is syntactically uncomplicated, but does present some complication for the student advancing from intermediate Latin. Complete familiarity with basic forms (declension patterns, pronouns, verb tenses, infinitives, and participles) is required. ![]() The student is expected to have mastered a basic second year vocabulary and to be prepared to absorb a considerable quantity of new vocabulary. We will read Book II of Vergil's AENEID, focusing closely on the grammar, vocabulary, and style of the text, with significant comment on the historical, cultural, and mythological background. ![]()
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