The Aeneid / Virgil ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox.

Author
Virgil [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
Description
484 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

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          Series
          Penguin classics deluxe edition [More in this series]
          Summary note
          A new edition of Virgil's epic work is presented in modern language and endeavors to retain the original work's humanity, as well as its influential blend of poetry and verse.
          Notes
          Originally published: Viking, 2006.
          Bibliographic references
          Includes bibliographical references (p. 406-409).
          Contents
          • Introduction
          • Map: the voyages of Aeneas
          • Virgil: the Aeneid
          • Safe haven after a storm
          • The Final hours of Troy
          • Landfalls, ports of call
          • The Tragic queen of Carthage
          • Funeral games for Anchises
          • The Kingdom of the dead
          • Beachhead in Latium, armies gather
          • The Shield of Aeneas
          • Enemy at the gates
          • Captains fight and die
          • Camilla's finest hour
          • The Sword decides all
          • Notes
          • Translator's postscript
          • Genealogy; the royal houses of Greece and Troy
          • Suggestions for further reading
          • Variants from the Oxford classical text
          • Notes on the translation
          • Pronouncing glossary.
          ISBN
          • 0143105132 ((pbk.))
          • 9780143105138
          OCLC
          176920631
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