At the beginning of Vergil’s epic poem—long considered a classic of Western literature—the hero Aeneas escapes from the carnage of the Trojan War and embarks on a treacherous series of adventures that
Considered the greatest Roman poet, Vergil spent over a decade working on this monumental epic poem, which has been a source of inspiration for more than 2,000 years. Its twelve books tell the heroic
This extraordinary new translation of the Aeneid stands alone among modern Vergil translations for its accuracy and poetic appeal. Sarah Ruden, a lyric poet in her own right, is the first woman to tra
The Aeneid, by Vergil, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, tho
Adler (classics, Middlebury college) argues that Vergil's epic Aeneid is primarily a response to the Lucretius' championing of political and philosophical Epicureanism in his poem De Rerum Natura .
The Aeneid, generally considered the greatest poem of Roman literature, is a story of migration, and Book 3 is at the heart of this story--the arrestingly dramatic account that Aeneas gives to the Car
The Aeneid, generally considered the greatest poem of Roman literature, is a story of migration, and Book 3 is at the heart of this story--the arrestingly dramatic account that Aeneas gives to the Car
The tenth book of Vergil's Aeneid contains some of the poem's most dramatic war narrative and yet has been unjustly neglected by Vergilian scholars. Making the text accessible to the modern reader, th
Barry Powell, acclaimed translator of the Iliad (OUP, 2013) and theOdyssey (OUP, 2014) now delivers a graceful, lucid, free-verse translation of the most important books and passages of theAeneid in a
The 19 essays of this collection, by American professors of classics and comparative literature, provide in-depth treatment of many aspects of Virgil's epic. Written for an audience of college instruc
