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Description
This is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Virgil's Aeneid Book 2, lines 40–249 and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Book 2, lines 268–317, 370–558, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.
Book II of Virgil's Aeneid is the story of how Troy fell and how Aeneas escaped with his family and his city's gods. It is a narrative relayed in retrospect by Aeneas as a refugee at the court of Queen Dido in Carthage, and the OCR selection covers the book's first two thirds: the Wooden Horse episode, and the chaos which ensues – including the dramatic murder of King Priam. Virgil depicts war in all its ugly complexity, and Aeneas' response to this – as combatant in Troy, as exile in Carthage – is central to the poem's early exposition.
Supporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https://www.bloomsbury.pub/OCR-editions-2024-2026
Table of Contents
Introduction
Text
Commentary Notes
Vocabulary
Product details

Published | 09 Feb 2023 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 168 |
ISBN | 9781350156487 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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