Name: Fifty Years at the Sibyl'S Heels: Selected Papers on Virgil and Rome
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Author: Horsfall, Nicholas
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Fifty Years at the Sibyl'S Heels: Selected Papers on Virgil and Rome

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Physical Book

Author

Nicholas Horsfall

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Pages

544

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.9 x 16.5 x 4.3 cm

Weight

0.95 kg.

ISBN13

9780198863861

Synopsis "Fifty Years at the Sibyl'S Heels: Selected Papers on Virgil and Rome "

Nicholas Horsfall was one of the most recognizable and influential Latinists of his generation. His main legacy is his work on Virgil and the five erudite commentaries on the Aeneid, but he was also a prolific writer of papers, both Virgilian and non-Virgilian. A number of Horsfall's papers, including the important 'Camilla', are translated in this volume for the first time. Stretching from 1971 to 2015, the papers are drawn from his entire output demonstrating his unparalleled ability to connect Roman poetry with history, antiquarianism, and Realien. While showcasing his unique analysis of Virgil, it also highlights Horsfall's work as both a Latinist and a Romanist, illuminating the coherence in his approach. This volume includes many Virgilian papers that have become classics--on Aeneas the colonist, and on the Aeneas-legend, for example. This does not detract from the value of the non-Virgilian papers, many of which--on the collegium poetarum, and on discussions of reading and libraries at Rome, for example--have become standard treatments of their subjects. Throughout all these works there is an astonishing degree of connection, with glimpses in many papers of his other research interests. 'Nicholas Horsfall needs to be approached through his short papers, typically fresh, innovative and stimulating, and he has been so productive that nobody can claim to have had a full view of his scholarship. When it comes to placing a literary text in the frames offered by material culture, documents, landscapes, history, and by religious, legal, military and antiquarian studies, he was unrivalled.' Professor Alessandro Barchiesi, Professor of Classics, New York University.

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