[Gutenberg 61596] • The Aeneid of Virgil 2

[Gutenberg 61596] • The Aeneid of Virgil 2
Authors
Virgil
Publisher
Bantam Classic
Tags
epic poetry , classics , legends -- rome -- poetry , fantasy , latin -- translations into english , aeneas (legendary character) -- poetry , poetry
ISBN
9780553210415
Date
2004-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.30 MB
Lang
en
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**A National Book Award Winner for verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum**

Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--and literature as well. Virgil's *Aeneid* is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express, the *Aeneid* is a book for all time and all people.