The Aeneid (Signet Classics) - Softcover

Virgil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451528638 ISBN 13: 9780451528636

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2002

Synopsis

A modern translation of the ancient Roman epic chronicles the exploits and adventures of Aeneas and his followers as the flee the ruins of the fallen Troy and wanders the ancient world, surving fierce battles, the interference of the gods, and a star-crossed romance with Dido, Queen of Carthage, before he can fulfill his destiny as the ancestor of Rome. Reprint.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A modern poetic translation of The Aeneid by distinguished poet and Oxford Professor C. Day Lewis. Present day readers will find all the beauty, nobility, excitement and humanity of the original in this masterful English version.

From the Inside Flap:

"A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original."―Bernard M. W. Knox

"Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last."―David Ignatow

"The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line."―Robert Fagles

"Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II."―William S. Anderson

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0451528638
• ISBN 13: 9780451528636
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400