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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SUBLIME: CLASSIC: INDISPENSABLE: COLLECTIBLE: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2006) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket showing orig. pub. $40.00 price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW SUPERB black linen-over-boards cover w/ "flames" black-on-black engraved at bottom-right of front panel & titles ELEGANTLY & boldly gold-stamped on spine & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top & bottom edges & cut-page "deckle" side-edging & top-edge stained carmine-red, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & gold cloth bands at spine-caps & red-silk page-marking ribbon bound-in from top, IMPECCABLE frieze-illustrated black & gold card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed handsomely in Meridien on SUPERB unblemished paper w/ line numbering shown in right margins at intervals of ten. * 6.46" x 9.46", 0.78 kg, x+486 (496) pp. * CONTENTS: Introduction (1), Map: The Voyages of Aeneas (42); Virgil: The Aeneid: Books I-XII: I: Safe Haven After Storm (47), II: The Final Hours of Troy (74), III: Landfalls, Ports of Call (103), IV: The Tragic Queen of Cartage (127), V: Funeral Games for Anchises (153), VI: The Kingdom of the Dead (182), VII: Beachhead in Latium, Armies Gather (213), VIII:The Shield of Aeneas (241), IX: Enemy at the gates (266), X: Captains Fight & Die (293), XI: Camilla's Finest Hour (324), XII: The Sword Decides All (355); Notes: Translator's Postscript (389), Genealogy: The Royal Houses of Greece & Troy (406), Suggestions for Further Reading (408), Variants from the Oxford Classical Text (412), Notes on the Translation (413), Pronouncing glossary (426-486) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Following his masterful award-winning translations, now classics in their own right, of Homer's 'Iliad' & 'Odyssey', Professor Fagles has completed in this stunning new translation the classic triptych at the heart of Western civilization & has introduced a new generation of readers to Virgil's 'Aeneid'. The 'Aeneid' tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses story seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair w/ Dido of Carthage, & descends to the world of the dead, all the while tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Finally reaching Italy, Aeneas fulfills his destiny: to found the Roman people. A stirring tale of arms & heroism, dispossession & defeat, & an unsparring portrait of a man caught between love, duty, & fate, the 'Aeneid' brings to life a whole world of human passion, nobility & courage. Fagles's translation of the 'Aeneid' retains all Virgil's gravitas & humanity as well as his powerful blend of poetry & myth. With an illuminating introduction to Virgil's world from noted scholar Bernard Knox, this new 'Aeneid' confers a vibrant contemporary voice upon this monumental literary achievement of the classical world. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "Robert Fagles gives the full range of Virgil's drama, grandeur, & pathos in vigorous, supple modern English. It is fitting that one of the great translators of the 'Iliad' & the 'Odyssey' in our times should also emerge as a surpassing translator of the 'Aeneid'." -J.M. Coetzee; "Robert Fagles' translation of the 'Aeneid' is a majestic achievement. If you look up any line in the poem that is particularly dear to your heart, chances are that you will forget that you are reading a translation, so high is the quality of Fagles' English poem. -Louis Begley * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: ROBERT FAGLES, the winner of the PEN-Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation & an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University & received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University. BERNARD KNOX is Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. SHIPPING: We carefully wrap, label & custom-package this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. META-CLASSIC, INDISENSABLE: AS-NEW: A SUPERB First Edition hardcover (orig. 1996) w/ printed full no. line on the title page showing First Printing, AS-NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners w/ no price shown, AS-NEW unblemished raw-silk-finish white-linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & w/ twin dolphins stamped white-on white on lower corner of the front panel & titles handsomely stamped in copper-gold on spine, IMMACULATE text-block exterior w/ EXCELLENT smooth-cut top & bottom (w/ top edge stained rose-orange) & cut-page style "deckle" side-edging, AS-NEW uncreased binding w/ tight signatures & black cloth bands at spine-caps & silver silk page-marker ribbon, SPLENDID brown-on-tan frieze-bordered end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed w/ exceptional clarity & elegance on EXCELLENT unblemished acid-free archival paper w/ line-numbering at intervals of 10 in the right margins of the texts, an extended & extremely valuable 62 pp. introduction, an extended note on the spelling & pronunciation of Homeric names, & w/ maps illustrative of Homeric geography showing (1) Mainland Greece, (2) the Peloponnese & (3) the Aegean & Asia Minor w/ an inset of Troy & its Vicinity * NOTES: translator's postscript (489), genealogies (497), textual variations from the Oxford Classical Text (501), notes on the translation (503), suggestions for further reading (507) & pronouncing glossary (521) * 6.50" x 9.40", 1.02 kg, x+541 (551) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: If the Iliad is the world's greatest war story, then the Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of Everyman's journey through life. Odysseus' reliance on his wit & wiliness for survival in his encounters w/ divine & natural forces is at once the human story & an individual test of moral endurance. In the myths & legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy & poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom & given us an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor & to treasure for its sheer lyrical mastery. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox's superb introduction & textual commentary provide new insights & background information for the general reader & scholar, intensifying the strength of Fagles' translation. This is an Odyssey to delight both the classicist & the public at large, & to captivate a new generation of Homer's students. HIGHEST PRAISE: "Fagles' 'Odyssey' is a splendid companion piece to his memorable English version of the 'Iliad'. He has managed to create a poetic style that combines the pungency of modern colloquial English w/ a timeless dignity. The sensory values of Odysseus' archaic world, the snap of sails, the scud of sea-foam & the gleam of burnished bronze come wonderfully alive in this supple, rhythmic English" - Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley * ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: ROBERT FAGLES, the winner of the PEN-Ralph Mannheim Medal for Translation & an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, is Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University & received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Yale University. BERNARD KNOX is Director Emeritus of Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories or via USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below cost fee of $14.00 w/ shipping to all international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates.…