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Vergil's Aeneid

By Clyde Pharr

Vergil's Aeneid

By Clyde Pharr

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Heralded since its first publication in 1964, Clyde Pharr's Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI has shepherded countless high school and college students through the intricacies of this masterpiece of poetry. This text continues to serve courses studying the full text of the first six books of the Aeneid. This is the book that revolutionized Latin textbooks, with its student-friendly format of vocabulary and notes on the same page as the Latin text, and unique pull-out vocabulary of most-often repeated words. Together, these allow for faster reading, unimpeded by the page-turning required to look up vocabulary or consult notes. Pharr's Aeneid is the all-time most popular textbook of Vergil's Aeneid. Grammatical notes are supported by a full grammatical appendix; vocabulary memorization is aided by vocabulary lists, arranged by frequency of occurrence, for drilling. The perfect edition for both classroom and home study. Features General introduction Full Latin text of Books I-VI of Vergil's Aeneid, with selected vocabulary and notes on the same page 24 black-and-white illustrations plus map of Aeneas' voyage Grammatical Appendix Index to Grammatical Appendix Word Lists for Vocabulary Drill Updated, extensive Selective Bibliography by Alexander G. McKay Pull-out General Word List Author Bio Clyde Pharr is the author of Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners (1921; repr 1959). He received a PhD in classics in 1910 from Yale University. He taught classics at Ohio Wesleyan University (1912-1917), Southwestern Presbyterian University (1918-1924), and Vanderbilt (1924-1950).
Product details
Number of Pages:
535
Release Date:
1964-01-01
Publication Date:
1999-01-01
Publisher:
Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers,U.S.
Languages:
Published: Latin, Original: Latin
ISBN10:
0865164339
Weight:
1043 g
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