Virgil, Aeneid 11, Pallas and Camilla, 1–224, 498–521, 532–596, 648–689, 725–835: Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary - cover image

Book Series

Copyright

Ingo Gildenhard; John Henderson

Published On

2018-12-05

ISBN

Paperback978-1-78374-600-2
Hardback978-1-78374-601-9
PDF978-1-78374-602-6
HTML978-1-80064-576-9
XML978-1-78374-605-7
EPUB978-1-78374-603-3
MOBI978-1-78374-604-0

Language

  • English
  • Latin

Print Length

596 pages (x + 586)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 31 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.21" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 33 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.31" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback1825g (64.38oz)
Hardback2226g (78.52oz)

Media

Illustrations17

Funding

  • King's College, University of Cambridge

OCLC Number

1083966738

LCCN

2019467311

BIC

  • HBLA1
  • CFP
  • 4KL

BISAC

  • LIT004190
  • LIT004190
  • FOR033000

LCC

  • PA6803.B31

Keywords

  • Virgil
  • Aeneid
  • Pallas
  • Camilla
  • original Latin text
  • vocabulary aids
  • study questions
  • commentary
  • A-Level
  • AS-Level

Virgil, Aeneid 11, Pallas and Camilla, 1–224, 498–521, 532–596, 648–689, 725–835

Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary

  • Ingo Gildenhard (author)
  • John Henderson (author)
A dead boy (Pallas) and the death of a girl (Camilla) loom over the opening and the closing part of the eleventh book of the Aeneid. Following the savage slaughter in Aeneid 10, the book opens in a mournful mood as the warring parties revisit yesterday’s killing fields to attend to their dead. One casualty in particular commands attention: Aeneas’ protégé Pallas, killed and despoiled by Turnus in the previous book. His death plunges his father Evander and his surrogate father Aeneas into heart-rending despair – and helps set up the foundational act of sacrificial brutality that caps the poem, when Aeneas seeks to avenge Pallas by slaying Turnus in wrathful fury. Turnus’ departure from the living is prefigured by that of his ally Camilla, a maiden schooled in the martial arts, who sets the mold for warrior princesses such as Xena and Wonder Woman. In the final third of Aeneid 11, she wreaks havoc not just on the battlefield but on gender stereotypes and the conventions of the epic genre, before she too succumbs to a premature death. In the portions of the book selected for discussion here, Virgil offers some of his most emotive (and disturbing) meditations on the tragic nature of human existence – but also knows how to lighten the mood with a bit of drag.

This course book offers the original Latin text, vocabulary aids, study questions, and an extensive commentary. Designed to stretch and stimulate readers, Ingo Gildenhard’s volume will be of particular interest to students of Latin studying for A-Level or on undergraduate courses. It extends beyond detailed linguistic analysis to encourage critical engagement with Virgil’s poetry and the most recent scholarly thought.

King's College, Cambridge, has generously contributed to this publication.

Contents

Text

(pp. 41–168)
  • Ingo Gildenhard
  • John Henderson

Commentary

(pp. 169–406)
  • John Henderson
  • Ingo Gildenhard

Camilla

(pp. 407–566)
  • Ingo Gildenhard
  • John Henderson

Introduction

(pp. 1–40)
  • Ingo Gildenhard
  • John Henderson

Contributors

Ingo Gildenhard

(author)
Reader in Classics and the Classical Tradition at University of Cambridge

John Henderson

(author)
Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge