Vergil - The Poet''s Life

A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid

About the author

Sarah Ruden is an award-winning classics scholar, a poet, and a widely published writer on religion and culture. Her many translations of Greek and Roman works include Vergil’s Aeneid and Apuleius’s The Golden Ass.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Ruden, Ruden Sarah
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9780300282009
• ISBN: 978-0-300-28200-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Ancient Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: general, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Rome, Biography: writers, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, European history: the Romans