12%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Virgil´s Eclogues
Virgil
€ 29.99
€ 26.35
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Virgil´s Eclogues
Paperback. This new translation by poet Len Krisak of Virgil's classic of pastoral verse captures both the meaning and meter of the original. The text features the English and original Latin on facing pages and an introduction by Gregson Davis. Translator(s): Krisak, Len. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 B.C.), known in English as Virgil, was perhaps the single greatest poet of the Roman empire-a friend to the emperor Augustus and the beneficiary of wealthy and powerful patrons. Most famous for his epic of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, he wrote two other collections of poems: the Georgics and the Bucolics, or Eclogues. The Eclogues were Virgil's first published poems. Ancient sources say that he spent three years composing and revising them at about the age of thirty. Though these poems begin a sequence that continues with the Georgics ... Read more
Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 B.C.), known in English as Virgil, was perhaps the single greatest poet of the Roman empire-a friend to the emperor Augustus and the beneficiary of wealthy and powerful patrons. Most famous for his epic of the founding of Rome, the Aeneid, he wrote two other collections of poems: the Georgics and the Bucolics, or Eclogues. The Eclogues were Virgil's first published poems. Ancient sources say that he spent three years composing and revising them at about the age of thirty. Though these poems begin a sequence that continues with the Georgics ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
136g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222173
SKU
V9780812222173
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Virgil
Len Krisak has published several books of poetry and a complete translation of the odes of Horace. He has won several poetry awards, including the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize. Gregson Davis is Professor of Classics at New York University.
Reviews for Virgil´s Eclogues
This is by far the most readable and accessible version of the Eclogues I know, and the most engaging as a poem in its own right. . . . Outstanding. -Bryn Mawr Classical Review Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2010 The translations in this volume succeed in achieving the all-important musicality of effect, while ... Read more