The Aeneid of Virgil |
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Author:
| Virgil, |
Translator:
| Mandelbaum, Allen |
ISBN: | 978-0-553-21041-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1981 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Bantam Classics |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.95 |
Book Description:
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Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well.Virgil's
Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years.Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express.
The Aeneid is a book for...
More DescriptionAeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well.Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years.Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people.