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Additional authors

1. Putnam, Michael C. J.
2. Hankins, James

Description

1. lviii, 184 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

1. Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's "Aeneid," Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: "Astyanax," based on an episode in the "Iliad"; "The Golden Fleece" ("Vellus Aureum"); and "Antonias," a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's "Paradise Lost." This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of "Antonias" and "Astyanax."--Jacket.

Series statement

1. The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15

Uniform title

1. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15.

Subject

1. Aeneas (Legendary character) > Poetry
2. Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458 > Translations into English
3. Astyanax (Legendary character) > Poetry
4. Jason (Mythological character) > Poetry
5. Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English
6. Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 > Poetry

Contents

1. Book XIII of the Aeneid -- Astyanax -- The golden fleece -- Antoniad.

Call number

1. PA8161

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.

Language (note)

1. Text in English and Latin.

Author

1. Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458.

Title

1. Short epics / Maffeo Vegio ; edited and translated by Michael C.J. Putnam, with James Hankins.

Imprint

1. Cambridge, Mass. : I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press, 2004.

Series

1. The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15
2. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.

Language

1. Text in English and Latin.

Added author

1. Putnam, Michael C. J.
2. Hankins, James.
3. Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. Poems. Selections.
4. Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. Poems. Selections. English.

Other form:

1. Online version: Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 7-1458. Poems. English & Latin. Selections. Short epics. Cambridge, Mass. : I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)607395760

LCCN

1. 2003067725

ISBN

1. 0674014839 (alk. paper)
2. 9780674014831 (alk. paper)

Research call number

1. *R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 15