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The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)
Virgil
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Paperback. 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. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780143106296
SKU
V9780143106296
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99-99
About Virgil
Robert Fagles was Athur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the 1997 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, to which he was elected. Robert Fagles died in 2008.
Reviews for The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)
After his best-selling Iliad and Odyssey, today's top-dog classical translator hits the triefecta with Virgil's epic about the founder of Rome
Newsweek
Fagles illuminates the poem's Homeric echoes while remaining faithful to Virgil's distinctive voice
The New Yorker
Newsweek
Fagles illuminates the poem's Homeric echoes while remaining faithful to Virgil's distinctive voice
The New Yorker