Vergil : Aeneid (Trans. Dickinson) (Mentor Series) - Softcover

Virgil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451616413 ISBN 13: 9780451616418

Publisher: Signet, 1961

Synopsis

The story travels with the warrior hero Aeneaus as he embarks on a journey that takes him from the burning city of Troy to the eventual establishment of a new nation - Rome. Read with authority by Christopher Ravenscroft, the poem takes on new life. It will appeal to the modern listener as they share in the excitements, adventures, perils and eventual triumph of a timeless epic.

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Review:

aA new and noble standard bearer . . . Thereas a capriciousness to Faglesas line well suited to this vast storyas ebb and flow.a a"The New York Times Book Review" (front page review) aFaglesas new version of Virgilas epic delicately melds the stately rhythms of the original to a contemporary cadence. . . . He illuminates the poemas Homeric echoes while remaining faithful to Virgilas distinctive voice.a a"The New Yorker" aRobert Fagles gives the full range of Virgilas drama, grandeur, and pathos in vigorous, supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of "The Aeneid,"a aJ. M. Coetzee

About the Author:

Publius Vergilius Maro is one of the greatest poets of all time. He was a Roman, born in Andes near Mantua, who studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome before becoming one of the endowed court poets. Virgil is most renowned for the Aeneid, which took the last 11 years of his life to write.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0451616413
• ISBN 13: 9780451616418
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback