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studies in the composition of the Aeneid
'The Epic Distilled' is a rich exploration of Virgil's use of sources in the 'Aeneid', considering elements of history, geography, mythology, and ethnography, and offering readers a fresh approach to understanding the full intellectual texture of Virgil's epic poem.
1. To peel the artichoke -- 2. `Ceaselessly wrangling in the bird-cage of the Muses' -- 3. Doctus et lector -- 4. Erudition and invention -- 5. Invention of myth -- 6. Inconsistencies -- 7. Signposts by the wayside -- 8. So the story goes -- 9. Poet as jackdaw, and the role of anachronisms -- 10. Epic of many voices.
Includes bibliographical references and index.