The poems of Virgil
By: translated into English verse by James Rhoades
Contributors: Rhoades, James, 1841-1923
Series: Great books of the Western World -- 13; Great books of the Western world -- 13.
Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
Published: 1952
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Translations into English; Latin poetry; Latin Pastoral poetry; Latin Epic poetry; Latin Didactic poetry; Legends; Poetry; Country life; Agriculture
Work titles: Poems
Description: The aim of James Rhoades was 'to produce a version of the Aeneid that should be in itself an English poem, and at the same time a faithful reflection of the original.' He succeeded, for his translation is both satisfactory to the purely English reader.
Notes: Great books of the Western World v.13

"By arrangement with Oxford University Press."

Translated from the Latin.
Table of contents: title: The Eclogues.; title: -The Georgics.; title: -The Aeneid.