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Zusatztext "Fitzgerald's is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long time to come."-- New York Review of Books "From the beginning to the end of this English poem...the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms! the same deft phrasing! and an energy which urges the eye onward."-- The New Republic "A rendering that is both marvelously readable and scrupulously faithful.... Fitzgerald has managed! by a sensitive use of faintly archaic vocabulary and a keen ear for sound and rhythm! to suggest the solemnity and the movement of Virgil's poetry as no previous translator has done (including Dryden).... This is a sustained achievement of beauty and power."-- Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor Virgil (70-19BC) studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet. As well as The Aeneid, his Eclogues earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poet. Klappentext Aeneas the True - son of Venus and of a mortal father - escapes from Troy after it is sacked by the conquering Greeks. He undergoes many trials and adventures on a long sea journey, from a doomed love affair in Carthage with the tragic Queen Dido to a sojourn in the underworld. All the way, the hero is tormented by the meddling of the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods and a bitter enemy of Troy, but his mother and other gods protect Aeneas from despair and remind him of his ultimate destiny - to found the great city of Rome. Reflecting the Roman peoples' great interest in the 'myth' of their origins, Virgil (70-19 BC) made the story of Aeneas glow with a new light in his majestic epic. Zusammenfassung Aeneas the True - son of Venus and of a mortal father - escapes from Troy after it is sacked by the Greeks. He undergoes many trials and adventures on a long sea journey. All the way, he is tormented by the meddling of the vengeful Juno, but his mother and other gods protect him and remind him of his destiny - to find the great city of Rome. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Aeneid Acknowledgements Introduction The Aeneid One: The Trojans reach Carthage Two: Aeneas' Narration—The Sack of Troy Three: Aeneas' Narration continued-His Travels Four: The Tragedy of Dido Five: The Funeral Games Six: The Visit to the Underworld Seven: War in Latium Eight: The Site of the Future Rome Nine: Siege of the Trojan Camp Ten: The Relief and Pitched Battle Eleven: Councils of War: Pitched Battle Again Twelve: Decision: the Death of Turnus List of Variations from the Oxford Text Glossary of Names Select Bibliography Maps Genealogical Table of the Royal House of Troy and Greece ...
