Virgil's Epic Technique [Paperback]

The great German philologist Richard Heinze'sVirgils Epische Technikwas originally published in German in 1903. It was the outstanding book on Virgil in its day, and it remains a very valuable study of the techniques Virgil used to compose the Aeneid. This English translation by Hazel Harvey, David Harvey and Fred Robertson was published in 1994, with an introduction by Antonie Wlosok.

Richard Heinze, the great Virgilian scholar, first published his Virgils Epische Technik in 1903. His pioneering work remains a basic text for students and scholars today, providing a study of the techniques by which Virgil composed his epic on Aeneas.

This was the outstanding book on Virgil in its day, and it remains a superlative and basic study of the techniques by which the poet composes his epic on Aeneas.... Heinze's scholarship is absolutely brilliant, even after 90 years. W.S. Anderson, author of Essays on Roman Satire

Heinze's work has two things in particular to recommend it. The first is his own immense learning. Better than any contemporary scholar, Heinze draws upon and integrates the full range of literary sources that might have influenced Virgil.... His second great strength is his capacity to visualize the action of Virgil's narrative. He brings the text alive and helps us to appreciate the real drama of Aeneas' experiences. Gary B. Miles, author of Virgil's 'Georgics'