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Translated by Michael J. Oakley.
This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction, Notes and Glossary by Mandy Green, University of Durham.
The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, and in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader and the Italian hero, Turnus.
Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent translation, easy flowing and very engaging. What you're left with is a wonderful poem and story. The characters are real people, the action is better than Hollywood.
(My high school Latin isn't enough to make technical comments, but it feels like the translation achieves its objectives of fidelity to the original, avoiding "flatness of uninspired literalism", and avoiding "unwarranted poeticism".)
The fact that the Aeneid glorifies Rome and Augustus doesn't detract at all.
(My high school Latin isn't enough to make technical comments, but it feels like the translation achieves its objectives of fidelity to the original, avoiding "flatness of uninspired literalism", and avoiding "unwarranted poeticism".)
The fact that the Aeneid glorifies Rome and Augustus doesn't detract at all.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Not the easiest book to read - however the translation is very well done, and prose flows well.
This is a very good introduction to the world of classical literature, and a worthwhile read. The effort will pay off.
This is a very good introduction to the world of classical literature, and a worthwhile read. The effort will pay off.
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