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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 In this fresh prose translation, W. F. Jackson Knight discusses The Aeneid's impact on Western civilization and provides a list of variations from the Oxford text. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 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 ...
