Virgil
1) The Aeneid
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Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
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English
Description
"This new translation brings Virgil's masterpiece newly to life for English-language readers. It's the first in centuries crafted by a translator who is first and foremost a poet, and it is a glorious thing. David Ferry has long been known as perhaps our greatest contemporary translator of Latin poetry, his translations of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics having established themselves as much-admired standards. He brings to the Aeneid the same genius,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Love and tragedy dominate book four of Virgil's most powerful work, building on the violent emotions invoked by the storms, battles, warring gods, and monster-plagued wanderings of the epic's opening. Destined to be the founder of Roman culture, Aeneas, nudged by the gods, decides to leave his beloved Dido, causing her suicide in pursuit of his historical destiny. A dark plot, in which erotic passion culminates in sex, and sex leads to tragedy and...
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Series
Great books of the Western world volume 13
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pub. Date
[1952]
Language
English
Description
The aim of James Rhoades was 'to produce a version of the Aeneid that should be in itself an English poem, and at the same time a faithful reflection of the original.' He succeeded, for his translation is both satisfactory to the purely English reader.
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Series
Mnemosyne bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum volume Volume 386
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A melancholy masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the century. In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the significance of the poem to his writing, noting that "there's one Virgilian journey...
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Series
Modern Library college editions volume T39
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
[1950]
Language
English
17) Virgil's AEneid
Author
Series
Harvard classics volume 13
Publisher
P.F. Collier
Pub. Date
[1937]
Language
English
Author
Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 95
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English