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1) The Aeneid
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Series
Language
English
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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.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Luego del asedio de Troya, obligado a huir para salvar a su familia, el derrotado h�eroe Eneas recibe una visi�on sobre el futuro de su casta. Acompa�nado de un pu�nado de sobrevivientes, se embarca hacia lo desconocido y naufraga en Cartago, donde es bien recibido por la reina Elisa y puede, al fin, atisbar la redenci�on de su estirpe. Unos siglos m�as tarde, el poeta Virgilio recibe del emperador Augusto la encomienda de narrar la gloriosa...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A melancholy masterpiece from one of the greatest poets of the century. In a momentous publication, Seamus Heaney's translation of Book VI of the Aeneid, Virgil's epic poem composed sometime between 29 and 19 BC, follows the hero, Aeneas, on his descent into the underworld. In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the significance of the poem to his writing, noting that "there's one Virgilian journey...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"This guide offers a complete account of the historical setting and significance of The Aeneid, and discusses Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, as well as the most celebrated episodes in the poem, including the tragedy of Dido and Aeneas' visit to the underworld. The volume examines Virgil's psychological and philosophical insights, and analyzes the poem's status as the central classical work of European culture. The guide to further reading...
Series
Oklahoma series in classical culture volume 23
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Vergil's Aeneid has been considered a classic, if not the classic, of Western literature for two thousand years. In recent decades this famous poem has become the subject of fresh and searching controversy. What is the poem's fundamental meaning? Does it endorse or undermine values of empire and patriarchy? Is its world view comic or tragic? Many studies of the poem have focused primarily on selected books. The approach here is comprehensive. An introduction...
6) Virgil
Author
Series
Loeb classical library volume 63-64
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1999-2000.
Language
English
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