True names : Vergil and the Alexandrian tradition of etymological wordplay /

Virgil > Literary style.

Greek poetry, Hellenistic > Egypt > Alexandria > History and criticism.

Virgil > Knowledge > Language and languages.

Alexandria (Egypt) > Intellectual life.

Latin poetry > Greek influences.

Latin language > Etymology.

Names in literature.

Rome > In literature.

Rhetoric, Ancient.

Plays on words.