Aeneid (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (B-format paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
368
Utgivningsdatum
2003-03-27
Förlag
Penguin Books Ltd
Översättare
David West
Originalspråk
Latin
Dimensioner
197 x 129 x 23 mm
Vikt
280 g
ISBN
9780140449327

Aeneid

av Virgil
Häftad,  Engelska, 2003-03-27
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'The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original' The Times After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary ancestor Aeneas. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, the Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he falls tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld,; and finally to Italy, where he founds Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'. Translated with an Introduction by DAVID WEST
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Virgil (70-19BC) studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet. As well as The Aeneid, his Eclogues earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poet. Before his retirement, David West taught Classics at the University of Newcastle.

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