Virgil: Aeneid I-VI (Latin Texts) New Edition

This is a facsimile of an older edition, which is fine, but the physical book is absurd. It is about twice as tall and wide as a normal book, but the text is still the size it would be in a normal book. The normal text is centered in the huge page with 3 inch margins all around. In addition, the cover is so flimsy that it will tear off if you carry the book in your bookbag. I returned my copy and would recommend ordering a used copy of an old edition.

The version of this book that I bought here is absurdly and unnecessarily enormous. The actual text of the poem is normal-sized, but it is surrounded on all sides by three inch margins (as a result, the book is unwieldy to carry around). The printing quality doesn't look very good either, and the cover material feels cheap. While I think that the text and commentary/notes are extremely helpful, especially for students, I would recommend that you double-check to ensure that you are purchasing a standard-sized edition.

Although the notes contain helpful explanations of the mythology in the Aeneid, their grammatical commentary is a little sparse. I wouldn't recommend either this book or Williams' Aeneid VII-XII to the beginning Latin student. When I was beginning to study Virgil, I found this book to be incredibly more helpful:  Virgil: Aeneid II (BCP Latin Texts) (Bk. 2) .For the more advanced student, however, the notes should be adequate. I like especially that this book and its sister edition ( Virgil Aeneid 7-12 (Bks. 7-12) ) contain the entire Latin text of the Aeneid in two neat packages. It is frustrating to try to piece together Virgil's complete text with expensive Latin-English translations of single sections of the Aeneid.

The content of the book itself, like the rest in the series, is perfectly fine--but it was abysmally printed at the Amazon warehouse, contrary even to the dimensions given on the product page.

Decepcionante. He comprado 2 libros de Virgil y uno viene perfecto en publicación original pero este es como una fotocopia. Muy mala calidad de impresión digital que es pequeño y difícil de leer. Ademas el libro en si es mucho mas grande que el otro y el texto un pequeño cuadro en medio de la pagina. Lo devuelvo. No entiendo porque no venden todas las partes con la misma calidad. O por lo menos deben indicarlo en la descripción.

My Latin was rather rusty but I thought it would be good to read the Aeneid again. The notes are very detailed and I scarcely needed a dictionary.

This is an on-going struggle. If it is meant for 'experts' then it is totally suitable. However, for the ordinary person in the street or someone going back to Latin after a long break, a page by page translation would have been helpful.

Excellent!