ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Aeneid by Virgil

With an Introduction, Notes and Glossary by Mandy Green, University of Durham.

Translated by Michael J. Oakley.


Izdavač - Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Herts, 1995
mek povez
broj strana 416
format 21 x 13 cm

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The Aeneid – thrilling, terrifying and poignant in equal measure – has inspired centuries of artists, writers and musicians.Virgil’s epic tale tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, who flees his city after its fall, with his father Anchises and his young son Ascanius – for Aeneas is destined to found Rome and father the Roman race. As Aeneas journeys closer to his goal, he must first prove his worth and attain the maturity necessary for such an illustrious task. He battles raging storms in the Mediterranean, encounters the fearsome Cyclopes, falls in love with Dido, Queen of Carthage, travels into the Underworld and wages war in Italy.

The Aeneid is Virgil’s Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome’s legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome’s future greatness. The tension between the public voice of celebration and the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido and Aeneas, and in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader and the Italian hero, Turnus.

Hailed by T.S. Eliot as ‘the classic of all Europe’, Virgil’s Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years.