The Aeneid /
Virgil ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox.
- New York : Viking, 2006.
- 486 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 408-411).
Introduction -- Map : the voyages of Aeneas -- The Aeneid / Virgil -- Translator's postscript -- Genealogy : the royal houses of Greece and Troy -- Suggestions for further reading -- Variants from the Oxford classical text -- Notes and the translation -- Pronouncing glossary.
This book tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people.
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Epic poetry, Latin--Translations into English. Aeneas (Legendary character) Legends--Rome.