The Aeneid
Contributors: Bernard Knox (Introduction); Robert Fagles (Translator)
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780670038039
Subjects: Literature - Classics / Criticism; Rome; Legends; Classical Literature; Poetry; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Fiction / Classics; Aeneas (Legendary character); Translations into English; Epic poetry, Latin
Description: This book tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people.