This book contains the edited text of Virgil's
The Eclogues & Georgics, with an introduction to the life and works of Virgil, supplementary chapters discussing differences in the text, and a detailed textual commentary.
R. Deryck Williamswas Professor of Classics at the University of Reading, UK, and a leading scholar of Virgil; he published numerous articles and commentaries on his work.
Preface
Introduction
1 Life and works of Virgil
2 The Eclogues
3 The Georgics
4 Virgil's hexameter
5 The manuscripts of Virgil's poems
and the ancient commentators
6 Differences in text between this edition
and those of Hirtzel and Mynors
7 Bibliography
TEXT
The Eclogues
The Georgics
COMMENTARY
The Eclogues
The Georgics
Index to the note