The Aetna is something of a curiosity: a didactic poem on the
nature and causes of volcanic activity. In antiquity it was
ascribed by some to Virgil; modern scholars reject this and,
although unable to agree upon a date, favour the first century A.D.
The text itself presents many problems in reading and
interpretation, arising partly from corruptions in the manuscripts,
partly from obscurities in the subject-matter. These difficulties
are increased by the nature of the author's style: it is terse and
elliptical, and at the same time loaded with scientific detail and
mythological allusion. Dr Goodyear's edition provides a long
introduction, a text with critical apparatus, a commentary,
bibliography and indexes. The text is more reliable than any
published hitherto.
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