The Aeneid /
Virgil,
The Aeneid / Vergil ; translated by Shadi Bartsch. - First edition. - lviii, 400 pages : map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326).
Landfall at Carthage -- Aeneas' story: the fall of Troy -- Aeneas' story: Mediterranean wanderings -- Dido's suicide -- Trojan games -- A visit to Hades -- Italy-and war -- An embassy to Evander -- Nisus and Euryalus -- Bloodshed, and Pallas down -- Truce and conflict -- The last duel.
"A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil's Aeneid restores the epic's spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone narratives of the west. For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas' dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas' heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes that shape human existence--the role of duty and self-sacrifice, the place of love and passion in human life, the relationship between art and violence, the tension between immigrant and indigenous people, and the way new foundations are so often built upon the wreckage of those who came before .." --
Translated from the Latin.
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2021288907
Aeneas (Legendary character) --Poetry.
Voyages to the otherworld--Poetry.
Legends--Rome.
Epic poetry.
Legends.
The Aeneid / Vergil ; translated by Shadi Bartsch. - First edition. - lviii, 400 pages : map ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-326).
Landfall at Carthage -- Aeneas' story: the fall of Troy -- Aeneas' story: Mediterranean wanderings -- Dido's suicide -- Trojan games -- A visit to Hades -- Italy-and war -- An embassy to Evander -- Nisus and Euryalus -- Bloodshed, and Pallas down -- Truce and conflict -- The last duel.
"A fresh and faithful translation of Vergil's Aeneid restores the epic's spare language and fast pace and sheds new light on one of the cornerstone narratives of the west. For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas' dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas' heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes that shape human existence--the role of duty and self-sacrifice, the place of love and passion in human life, the relationship between art and violence, the tension between immigrant and indigenous people, and the way new foundations are so often built upon the wreckage of those who came before .." --
Translated from the Latin.
9781984854100 1984854100 9781984854124 1984854127
2021288907
Aeneas (Legendary character) --Poetry.
Voyages to the otherworld--Poetry.
Legends--Rome.
Epic poetry.
Legends.