Virgil: A Study in Civilized Poetry (Volume 20) (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)

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In this classic study Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors. Virgil molded the ancient epic tradition to his own Roman contemporary aims and succeeded in making mythical and legendary figures meaningful to a sophisticated unmythical age. Otis begins and ends his study with the Aeneid and includes chapters on the Bucolics and the Georgics. A new foreword by Ward W. Briggs Jr. places Otiss groundbreaking achievement in the context of past and present Virgilian scholarship.