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Powell (director, Institute of Classics and Ancient History, University of Wales) places the work of Virgil into his contemporary politics, examining the logic and literary genres of Virgil's poems and arguing that the guiding purpose of his Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid was to address and palliate the unpopularity and weaknesses of Octavian. The book is divided into two sections: studying Virgil and the established partisan in the Aeneid and the partisan in the making in the Eclogues and Georgics. Portions of Virgil's works are presented in both Latin and English translation; the text of Virgil used is that of R.A.B. Mynors. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
