num_pages: 248
description: Stanley Lombardo's deft abridgment of his 2005 translation of the Aeneid preserves the arc and weight of Virgil's epic by presenting major books in their entirety and abridged books in extended passages seamlessly fitted together with narrative bridges. W. R. Johnson's Introduction, a shortened version of his masterly Introduction to that translation, will be welcomed by both beginning and seasoned students of the Aeneid, and by students of Roman history, classical mythology, and Western civilization.
language: English
title: The Essential Aeneid
titlecomplete: The Essential Aeneid
characters: Juno (Goddess), Sybil (Ancient oracle), Neoptolemus, Lavinia (mythology), Ixion, Misenus, Priam, Anchises, Pallas (son of Evander), Vulcan (God), Iris (Goddess), Jupiter (God), Aeneas, Ascanius, Turnus (King of the Rutuli), Venus (goddess), Charon (mythology), Dido of Carthage, Camilla (mythology), Mercury (God)
genres: Mythology, School, Poetry, Literature, Classic Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Epic, Fiction, Ancient
ratings_count: 125986
places: Sicily, Troy, Carthage, Italy, Rome
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.