The Aeneid
$42.00
- Hardcover
488 pages
- Release Date
15 May 1992
Summary
The Aeneid is a journey of Aeneas, a survivor of the siege of Troy. The themes within this classic work include piety, respect, destiny, war, and peace. The city of Rome and its empire, its formation, and its history is a central character among others - including Dido, Venus, Juno the queen of heaven, Helen of Sparta, Jupiter, and a host of other gods. This epic tale takes the hero through battles on the field and in the mind to the underworld and back, and finally arriving at his destiny in Rome.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857150858 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857150856 |
| Author: | Virgil, Robert Fitzgerald |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 488 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 1992 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 134mm x 206mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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Critics Review
I love the Fitzgerald translations of classic works and this is no exception. Also the quality of the book including the smooth pages and nice print also make this a very nice edition * Amazon Reviewer *
Virgil
- Robert Fitzgerald was Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory Emeritus at Harvard University.
- He was a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
- He published four volumes of his own verse during his lifetime.
- His translations of The Odyssey, The Iliad, and Virgil’s Aeniad won him many honours and are universally acknowledged to be among the finest of their kind this century.
- He died in 1985.
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