The Aeneid

Virgil

ISBN 10: 0140440518 / ISBN 13: 9780140440515

Editore: Penguin Books, 1956

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2006. Reprint. paperback. Aeneas the True - son of Venus and of a mortal father - escapes from Troy after it is sacked by the Greeks. He undergoes many trials and adventures on a long sea journey. All the way, he is tormented by the meddling of the vengeful Juno, but his mother and other gods protect him and remind him of his destiny - to find the great city of Rome. Translator(s): Knight, W. F. Jackson. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: The Aeneid
• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1956
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0140440518
• ISBN 13: 9780140440515
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

In this fresh prose translation, W. F. Jackson Knight discusses The Aeneid's impact on Western civilization and provides a list of variations from the Oxford text.

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Virgil, born in 70 B.C., is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid. He earned great favor by portraying Augustus as a descendant of the half-god, half-man Aeneas. Although Virgil swore on his deathbed that The Aeneid was incomplete and unworthy, it has been considered one of the greatest works of Western literature for more than two thousand years.