Virgil's Epic Technique
  PREFACE TO THE 1ST EDITION
  PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION
  PREFACE TO THE 3RD EDITION
  TRANSLATORS' NOTE
  PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION

 collapse sectionPART I
 expand section1—  The Fall of Troy
 expand section2—  The Wanderings of Aeneas
 expand section3—  Dido
 expand section4—  The Games
 expand section5—  Aeneas in Latium

 collapse sectionPART II
 expand section1—  The Creative Method
 collapse section2—  Invention
 expand sectionI—  Mortals
 expand sectionII—  The Supernatural[en31]II—  The Supernatural
 collapse sectionIII—  The Action
 collapse sectiona—  The Structure of the Action
 •1—  Purposeful Progress
 •2—  Strong Openings
 •3—  Scenes
 •4—  Peripeteia
 •5—  Surprise
 •6—  Contrast
 •7—  Intensification
 expand sectionb—  Motivation
 expand sectionc—  Time and Place
 expand section3—  Presentation
 expand section4—  Composition
 expand section5—  Virgil's Aims

 expand sectionNotes
 expand sectionINDEX OF NAMES AND topICS
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