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Aeneid / Virgil ; translated with notes by Frederick Ahl ; with an introduction by Elaine Fantham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Virgil, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford world' classics
- Standardized Title:
- Aeneis. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeneas (Legendary character)--Poetry.
- Aeneas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1398 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Arms and the man I sing of Troy...'So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language. Written by the Roman poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago, the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy, where he becomes the founding ancestor of Rome, is a narrative on an epic scale: Aeneas and his companions contend not only with human enemies but with the whim of the gods. His destiny preordained by Jupiter, Aeneas is nevertheless assailed by dangers invoked by the goddess Juno, and by thetorments of love, loyalty, and despair. Virgil's supreme achieveme
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Translator's Note; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Virgil; Maps; Book One; Book Two; Book Three; Book Four; Book Five; Book Six; Book Seven; Book Eight; Book Nine; Book Ten; Book Eleven; Book Twelve; Ancestral Chart; Explanatory Notes; Index and Glossary; Footnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-155245-3
- 0-19-181935-2
- 0-19-162277-X
- OCLC:
- 784886638
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