Experience Rome’s greatest poet through the elegance of Virgil’s original Latin with the Noet Introduction to Virgil. This collection is perfect for both students and enthusiasts interested in reading Virgil for the first time. In addition to the Loeb Classical Library editions of Virgil’s three major works and the Appendix Virgiliana, this collection includes Susan C. Shelmerdine’s Introduction to Latin—a comprehensive introduction to reading Latin designed to kick-start comprehension of the text through frequent readings of actual classical Latin writings. Lastly, Edward Ross Wharton’s Etyma Latina provides a vocabulary foundation in 3,055 words from which most all other classical Latin words are built.
Perhaps Rome’s greatest poet, Virgil composed three major works of Latin literature: Ecloguese, Georgics, and the Aeneid. His work is some of the most structurally complex and flawlessly executed poetry produced in any language at any time. For centuries, the Aeneid and his other major works have been perennially standard curriculum in Western education. This capstone of literary accomplishment is now more accessible than ever.
