Aeneid: Bk. 12 (Palatine Classics) - Hardcover

John Virgil; Translated By: Dryden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0723102422 ISBN 13: 9780723102427

Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son, 1969

Synopsis

After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas – Augustus' legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, Aeneid also provided Rome with a literature equal to the Greek. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven year journey – to Carthage, falling tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumae; and finally to Italy, where he founded Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'. "From the beginning to the end of this English poem...the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms, the same deft phrasing, and an energy which urges the eye onward."--The New Republic

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Aeneas slips from the burning city of Troy, turning west towards Italy to fulfill his destiny: nothing less than the foundation of what will become glorious Rome. His trials and adventures, guided by Venus and harassed by Juno, have entranced and inspired every generation since Virgil's death.

About this edition

• Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0723102422
• ISBN 13: 9780723102427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 117