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The Aeneid
Virgil
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Description for The Aeneid
Paperback. This translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil's epic poem, 'The Aeneid'. Translator(s): Day Lewis, C. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 356.
The supreme Roman epic and the greatest poem in Latin, the Aeneid has inspired many of the great European poets including Dante and Milton. The Trojan hero Aeneas, after surviving the sack of Troy, makes his way to the West, urged on by benevolent deities and following a destiny laid down by Jupiter, but harassed and impeded by the goddess Juno. He wins his way to Italy despite many trials, of which the greatest is the tragic outcome of his love affair with Dido, Queen of Carthage. In Italy Aeneas visits the world of the dead, and is forced to ... Read more
The supreme Roman epic and the greatest poem in Latin, the Aeneid has inspired many of the great European poets including Dante and Milton. The Trojan hero Aeneas, after surviving the sack of Troy, makes his way to the West, urged on by benevolent deities and following a destiny laid down by Jupiter, but harassed and impeded by the goddess Juno. He wins his way to Italy despite many trials, of which the greatest is the tragic outcome of his love affair with Dido, Queen of Carthage. In Italy Aeneas visits the world of the dead, and is forced to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199537488
SKU
V9780199537488
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