Download or read book Critical Notes on Virgil written by Gian Biagio Conte and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, conceived as a sort of Prolegomena to his two Teubner editions, Conte gives account of his choices in editing his Virgilian text. Engaging in a passionate debate with his predecessors and critics, he guides the reader in a fascinating journey in the history of transmission and interpretation of Georgics and Aeneid and shows how lively textual criticism can be.