Research Catalog

Title

Short epics / Maffeo Vegio ; edited and translated by Michael C.J. Putnam, with James Hankins.

Author

Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Putnam, Michael C. J.
• Hankins, James

Description

lviii, 184 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's "Aeneid," Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: "Astyanax," based on an episode in the "Iliad"; "The Golden Fleece" ("Vellus Aureum"); and "Antonias," a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's "Paradise Lost." This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of "Antonias" and "Astyanax."--Jacket.

Series Statement

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15

Uniform Title

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15.

Subject

• Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458 > Translations into English
• Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 > Poetry
• Aeneas (Legendary character) > Poetry
• Jason (Mythological character) > Poetry
• Epic poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Translations into English
• Astyanax (Legendary character) > Poetry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.

Language (note)

• Text in English and Latin.

Contents

Book XIII of the Aeneid -- Astyanax -- The golden fleece -- Antoniad.

Call Number

PA8161

ISBN

• 0674014839 (alk. paper)
• 9780674014831 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003067725

OCLC

54081684

Author

Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458.

Title

Short epics / Maffeo Vegio ; edited and translated by Michael C.J. Putnam, with James Hankins.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press, 2004.

Series

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 15.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.

Language

Text in English and Latin.

Added Author

Putnam, Michael C. J.

Hankins, James.

Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. Poems. Selections.

Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 1407-1458. Poems. Selections. English.

Other Form:

Online version: Vegio, Maffeo, 1406 or 7-1458. Poems. English & Latin. Selections. Short epics. Cambridge, Mass. : I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)607395760

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA8161 .T3 ITRL 15