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Pretty interesting. Long winded in places, but otherwise enjoyable.
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Aeneid
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
518 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,-0019
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518 pages, Hardcover
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January 1, 1999 by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
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9780865164338
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0865164339
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Latin
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Aeneas
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Gavin Douglas
Gawin Douglas (c. 1474 - 1522) was a Scottish cleric, Makar and translator. He was the third son of Archibald Bell-the-Cat Douglas, Earl of Angus.Gawin was appointed Bishop of Dunkeld and Provost of St. Giles and had an important political car...
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Dido Of Carthage
Dido was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first queen of Carthage (modern-day Tunisia)....
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born 15 October 70 BC
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.
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.
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I love this Latin epic! Perhaps not as popular as The Odyssey or The Iliad, it is every bit as great. Aeneas' adventures are just tremendous as, like Orpheus, he even descends into Hell! Dido is one of the great classical heroines, and the battles & sea journeys are amazing! A tale of the founding of Rome like no other!
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I translated most of chapter 4-6 in Latin 300 at the University. I love this book so much. It inspired me to pursue Classics for a time and it continues to shape the way I look at the world.
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did not enjoy….homer did it better….
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Actually reding Allen Mandelbaum's translation. Big fan so far.
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I gave it three stars because the translation was beautiful, as expected, however, because I read this direct after the Iliad, it fell completely flat. The characters are completely flat and boring and their are no surprises anywhere in the epic. It's basically just propaganda for the Romans.
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Again, read following the text while listening to audio. Not as taken with the Roman classic as with the Greek Iliad and the Odyssey. Perhaps the audio reader not as engaging as Audra Macdonald and Clare Danes…
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