'The work deserves to be edited, and Cauchi has done the task impeccably... An edition which -deservedly- will never be superseded'. Colin Burrow, Journal of Roman Studies.

• PRELIMINARY; STORY AND ITS SUBJECT: ROME; HERO: AENEAS; SECONDARY HEROES: DIDO AND TURNUS; HIGHER POWERS: FATE AND THE GODS; PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE: CONTINUITY AND SYMMETRY; POETIC EXPRESSION: LANGUAGE AND SENSIBILITY; MAKING THE STORY: FUSION OF THE LEGEND OF AENEAS' COMING TO ITALY WITH MATTER FROM ILIAD AND ODYSSEY; MAKING AN EPISODE: FUSION OF INHERITED MATERIALS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 6TH BOOK; ECHOES OF HISTORY; RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT ASSOCIATIONS. CONCLUSION; APPENDICES

'The work deserves to be edited, and Cauchi has done the task impeccably... An edition which -deservedly- will never be superseded'. Colin Burrow, Journal of Roman Studies.

• PRELIMINARY; STORY AND ITS SUBJECT: ROME; HERO: AENEAS; SECONDARY HEROES: DIDO AND TURNUS; HIGHER POWERS: FATE AND THE GODS; PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE: CONTINUITY AND SYMMETRY; POETIC EXPRESSION: LANGUAGE AND SENSIBILITY; MAKING THE STORY: FUSION OF THE LEGEND OF AENEAS' COMING TO ITALY WITH MATTER FROM ILIAD AND ODYSSEY; MAKING AN EPISODE: FUSION OF INHERITED MATERIALS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 6TH BOOK; ECHOES OF HISTORY; RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT ASSOCIATIONS. CONCLUSION; APPENDICES

'The work deserves to be edited, and Cauchi has done the task impeccably... An edition which -deservedly- will never be superseded'. Colin Burrow, Journal of Roman Studies.

• PRELIMINARY; STORY AND ITS SUBJECT: ROME; HERO: AENEAS; SECONDARY HEROES: DIDO AND TURNUS; HIGHER POWERS: FATE AND THE GODS; PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURE: CONTINUITY AND SYMMETRY; POETIC EXPRESSION: LANGUAGE AND SENSIBILITY; MAKING THE STORY: FUSION OF THE LEGEND OF AENEAS' COMING TO ITALY WITH MATTER FROM ILIAD AND ODYSSEY; MAKING AN EPISODE: FUSION OF INHERITED MATERIALS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE 6TH BOOK; ECHOES OF HISTORY; RELEVANT AND IRRELEVANT ASSOCIATIONS. CONCLUSION; APPENDICES