This is a book full of interest and surprises on virtually every page. Powell s analysis is acute and his reading is coherent and cogent. He writes in a lucid and attractive style, displaying his admiration for Virgil on every page.'-D.E. Powell is not afraid to use modern parallels that, among other things, demonstrate clearly to a contemporary audience how knowledge of the timing of an event can inform our understanding of it and of a writers reasons to include or exclude it. Philip Hardie and Julia Dyson Hejduk 'Vergilian Society Prize Committee citation ' But it will be impossible in future to ignore Powell s careful and detailed arguments for the centrality of the historical context. This is not a fashionable approach to Virgil, and doubtless many will resist Powell s political reading. Powell s Virgil is unashamedly pro-Octavian, pro-Augustus.

the contribution of this book lies above all in the compelling argument that the political and military history of the 30s BC is more important for an understanding of all three of Virgil s major works than it is often taken to be. Create custom triggers and calculated fields.* Create custom triggers and calculated fieldsįrom the Back Cover Get the scoop on designing databases for Mac and Windows You'll find out how to share and protect your database, too. Use FileMaker Pro design and scripting to quickly, easily build databases that solve real problemsįileMaker Pro has grown up, and it's better than ever! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to design a great FileMaker application, build a database that works, add the functionality you need, populate your database, and venture into programming with ScriptMaker. Analysing closely the logic and the literary genres of Virgil's three poems, it politely confronts the modern orthodoxy that Virgil signalled distaste for the methods of his ruler, Octavian-Augustus.īook Synopsis Get the scoop on designing databases for Mac and Windows About the Book Since its first appearance in 2008, this book has changed the landscape of Virgilian studies.

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