Binding: Paperback
Description: Robert Fagles's award - winning translations of Homer's twin works The Iliad and The Odyssey have sold more than a million copies and become classics in their own right. With this stunning modern verse translation Fagles introduces Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation of readers and completes the classic triptych at the heart of Western civilisation. The Aeneid tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. A stirring tale of arms and heroism dispossession and defeat and an unsparing portrait of a man caught between love duty and fate The Aeneid brings to life a whole world of human passion nobility and courage. Fagles's new translation retains all of the gravitas and humanity of the original as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil's world from noted scholar Bernard Knox this new Aeneid lends a vibrant contemporary voice to the literary achievement of the ancient world.
Title: The Aeneid
Author(s): Virgil
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780143106296
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/28/2010
Category: Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets