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Donatus, Tiberius Claudius
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AbstractTiberius Claudius Donatus (not to be confused with the earlier scholar Aelius Donatus) is known only as the author of the extantInterpretationes Vergilianae, a line‐by‐line commentary on Vergil'sAeneid, dedicated to his son Tiberius Claudius Maximus Donatianus; its epilogue implies that the author is now old but would still like to write further, more factual exegesis of theAeneid.
Title: Donatus, Tiberius Claudius
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AbstractTiberius Claudius Donatus (not to be confused with the earlier scholar Aelius Donatus) is known only as the author of the extantInterpretationes Vergilianae, a line‐by‐line commentary on Vergil'sAeneid, dedicated to his son Tiberius Claudius Maximus Donatianus; its epilogue implies that the author is now old but would still like to write further, more factual exegesis of theAeneid.
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