Book XII brings Virgil's Aeneid to a close, as the long-delayed
single combat between Aeneas and Turnus ends with Turnus' death - a
finale that many readers find more unsettling than triumphant. In
this, the first detailed single-volume commentary on the book in
any language, Professor Tarrant explores Virgil's complex portrayal
of the opposing champions, his use and transformation of earlier
poetry (Homer's in particular) and his shaping of the narrative in
its final phases. In addition to the linguistic and thematic
commentary, the volume contains a substantial introduction that
discusses the larger literary and historical issues raised by the
poem's conclusion; other sections include accounts of Virgil's
metre, later treatments of the book's events in art and music, and
the transmission of the text. The edition is designed for
upper-level undergraduates and graduate students and will also be
of interest to scholars of Latin literature.
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