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Working "in the shadow of Eduard Norden" in the author´s own words, Nicholas Horsfall has written his own monumental commentary on Aeneid 6. This is Horsfall´s fifth large-scale commentary on the Aeneid, and as his earlier commentaries on books 7, 11, 3, and 2, this is not a commentary aimed at undergraduates. Horsfall is a commentators´ commentator writing with encyclopedic command of Virgilian scholarship for the most demanding reader. Volume One includes the introduction, text and translation, and bibliography,Volume Two includes the commentary, appendices, and indices.

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"This is a work of formidable erudition by a - or the - leading scholar in the field of Virgilian studies, now published in paperback at an outstanding bargain price, on which de Gruyter is to be warmly congratulated."Colin Leach in: Classics for All, 28.01.2017 Praise for Nicholas Horsfall´s earlier Aeneid commentaries: ´The persistent wish to do full justice to the author´Jan den Boeft, Mnem.55 (2002), 374 ´the most important aspect of this commentary consists in the fact that H. approaches Virgil´s language almost as if discovering it for the first time´Joseph Farrell, Vergilius 50 (2004), 183 ´many acute observations and specimens of good judgement, sometimes also showing a sense of humour´H.K.Riikonen, Arctos 40 (2006), 221 ´marqueront profondement et durablement les études virgiliennes´Jacques Poucet, Ant.Class.77 (2009), 443 ´On a plaisir à saluer l´extrême richesse de ce commentaire´J.Champeaux, REL 79 (2001) 271 ´What Horsfall has given us is a genuinely amazing book, rich and exciting and we should all be grateful to him.´ (on Aen.2)Andreola Rossi, NECJ 37 (2010), 142 ´Extremely rich and erudite, but also exceptionally wide in the diversity of approaches to the text´Amiel Vardi, Scr.Class.Isr. 21 (2002), 287 ´Un grand livre´J.Champeaux, REL 82 (2004), 300 ´The tone of this work is refreshingly lively for such scholarship´Alden Smith, NECJ 34 (2007), 93 ´has instinctive flair for forgotten interpretations and neglected approaches´A.Barchiesi, CW 102 (2008), 85 ´un´ opera monumentale, destinata a durare´A.La Penna, Maia 55 (2003), 415 ´Who else could have written a work of such depth and breadth?´S.J.Harrison, BMCR 6.3.2001 ´A superb scholarly achievement´ (on Aen.11)H.K.Riikonen, Arctos 39 (2005), 233 ´nicht selten quasi definitive Qualität´,P.Habermehl, Das Altertum 51 (2006), 66

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Nicholas Horsfall, Dalnacroich, UK.

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