The Aeneid
€16.25
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780140449327 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Virgil |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.272 |
| Publishing Date | 27/03/2003 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €15.33 |
| Tax | €0.92 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €16.25 |
| Availability | +20 units in external warehouse |
Product 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