OWC Reader Vol. 5, The Aeneid, paperback cover

The Aeneid

Vergil, Ovid, Lucretius, Lucan and Statius

Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 5, The Aeneid covers all the readings required for The Aeneid unit of Old Western Culture , including all of Vergil’s Aeneid , as well as portions of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and other minor Roman poets.

682 pages · 6 × 9 in. · single-column, beautifully typeset

Pairs withRomans: The AeneidThe video course, 12 lectures · from $74.75
The course
You’re buyingOWC Reader Vol. 5 · The AeneidPaperback, with the eBook
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The eBook is read in the Roman Roads app. If you own the course, you already have it.

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Total$32

All sixteen volumes: the complete set, paperback $512 or hardback $720

Contents

What is in this volume

  • VergilThe Aeneid
  • OvidMetamorphoses (I, VIII, X, XI, XV)
  • LucretiusDe Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
  • LucanPharsalia
  • StatiusThebaid

Everything assigned in Romans: The Aeneid, with the book and line references the lectures use.

Publishing information

The Aeneid, Old Western Culture Reader Vol. 5

  • Pages682
  • Dimensions6 × 9 in.
  • Paperback ISBN978-1-944482-45-9
  • Series editorDaniel Foucachon
  • PublisherRoman Roads Press, Moscow, Idaho
The series

Sixteen volumes, Homer to Tolkien

The Old Western Culture Reader Series puts the great books of Western civilization in beautifully typeset, single-column volumes, one for each unit of the curriculum. Each stands on its own as well.

The Readers on a shelf
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Questions

Do I need this to take the course?

No. The course includes this Reader as an eBook in the app, and your own edition works too. We recommend reading in print; this volume has every assigned text, in the editions the lectures follow.

How do I get the eBook?

It appears in your Roman Roads app library after the order, under the same account.

Can I use it without Old Western Culture?

Yes. It is a complete volume of the great books it holds, intended for high school students, adults reading the classics later in life, and teachers.