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Virgil's Aeneid, inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took as his hero Aeneas, legendary survivor of the fall of Troy and father of the Roman race, and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering.
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"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

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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.
Before his retirement, David West taught Classics at the University of Newcastle.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin; 1st edition (19 June 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140449329
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140449327
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.21 cm
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Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuː.blɪ.ʊs wɛrˈɡɪ.lɪ.ʊs ˈma.roː]; October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.

Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy—in Roman mythology the founding act of Rome. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably Dante's Divine Comedy, in which Virgil appears as Dante's guide through hell and purgatory.

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Dr Mark Santini
5.0 out of 5 stars History of the world
Reviewed in Australia on 13 September 2020
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A wonderful read with philosophy poetry and humanity combining to create great art. Little wonder that Dante revered Virgil and considered him more than a father
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4.0 out of 5 stars Virgil’s Aeneid
Reviewed in Canada on 1 October 2023
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The prose translation is good, but Virgil’s own writing might make it seem like it drones on and on , not to mention his endless praising in some points, long listing of names that dont have any interest in prose. I skipped such section and after the half way point the story itself gets uninteresting, which are Virgil’s own creation of the story of the founding of the Roman race. All the books before book six where he borrow from mythology are much better. The Roman boot licking gets too much I never finished after book 10.
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The prose translation is good, but Virgil’s own writing might make it seem like it drones on and on , not to mention his endless praising in some points, long listing of names that dont have any interest in prose. I skipped such section and after the half way point the story itself gets uninteresting, which are Virgil’s own creation of the story of the founding of the Roman race. All the books before book six where he borrow from mythology are much better. The Roman boot licking gets too much I never finished after book 10.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for the average person
Reviewed in Germany on 26 January 2024
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I wish I could pretend that I was high brow and appreciated this classic, but it was all lost on me. I couldn't get into it. It was just a rambling story that seemed to constantly introduce new characters and elements. Maybe this makes sense to people who know the entire Greco-Roman pantheon down to every last nymph and myth and therefore get all of the references. Also, I suspect in the original form of poetry was what made it a classic in Latin, but I don't think poetry can be translated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great transaction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2023
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My granddaughter loves this book…
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5.0 out of 5 stars The world’s greatest vanity project.
Reviewed in France on 19 August 2023
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Written to praise Augustus and link the Claudio-Julian family to the Trojans it is nevertheless a masterpiece and beautifully constructed. I have never read the original, my loss, but the Rieu translation is a classic that seems not to dumb down the original.
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Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific translation.
Reviewed in the United States on 24 February 2021
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This Penguin classic is a beautiful translation and a nice publishers paperback. While used and slightly annotated in margins, it is a treasured classic which I am enjoying and will love to have access from now on from my bookcase.
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