Virgil - The Aeneid - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The most truthful translation ever conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original The Times After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary ancestor Aeneas. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer the Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas survivor of the sack of Troy and of his seven - year journey: to Carthage where he falls tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld ; and finally to Italy where he founds Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile of love and war hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'. Translated with an Introduction by David WEST
Title: The Aeneid
Author(s): Virgil
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140449327
Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/29/2003
Category: Poetry By Individual Poets