This new collection of essays, commissioned from a range of
scholars across the world, takes as its theme the reception of
Rome's greatest poet in a time of profound cultural change. Amid
the rise of Christianity, the changing status of the city of Rome,
and the emergence of new governing classes, Vergil remained a
bedrock of Roman education and identity. This volume considers the
different ways in which Vergil was read, understood and
appropriated; by poets, commentators, Church fathers, orators and
historians. The introduction outlines the cultural and historical
contexts. Twelve chapters dedicated to individual writers or
genres, and the contributors make use of a wide range of approaches
from contemporary reception theory. An epilogue concludes the
volume.
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