The Aeneid
With his translations of Homer's classic poems, Robert Fagles gave new life to seminal works of the Western canon and became one of the preeminent translators of our time. His latest achievement completes the magnificent triptych of Western epics. A sweeping story of arms and heroism, The Aeneid follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original, this powerful blend of poetry and myth remains as relevant today as when it was first written.
486 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,-0019
This edition
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486 pages, Hardcover
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November 2, 2006 by Viking
- ISBN
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9780670038039
- ASIN
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0670038032
- Language
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English
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Venus (goddess)
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility and prosperity. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy and fled to Italy. Julius Caesar claimed ...
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Jupiter (god)
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Aeneas
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Juno (goddess)
Juno (Latin: Iūno) is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Mars and Vulcan. Juno also looked after the women of Ro...
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Priam
Priam (Greek Πρίαμος Príamos) was the son of Laomedon and was the king of Troy. He became king after Laomedon and all of Priams brothers were killed by Heracles in the first sack of Troy. Priam himself was the father, by his wife Hecuba and other wo...
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Ixion
In Greek mythology, Ixion (Greek: Ἰξίων) was the son the Phlegyas, descendent of Ares, and king of the Lapiths in Thessaly. He is chiefly known as the first human to shed kindred blood. Ixion invited his father-in-law, Deioneus, to come and collect the pr...
About the author
died 21 September 19 BC
Roman poet Virgil, also Vergil, originally Publius Vergilius Maro, composed the Aeneid, an epic telling after the sack of Troy of the wanderings of Aeneas.
Work of Virgil greatly influenced on western literature; in most notably Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri.
