Aeneid - Couverture rigide

Virgil

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0192832069 ISBN 13 : 9780192832061

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Virgil

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'Arms and the man I sing of Troy...' So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language. Written by the Roman poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago, the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy, where he becomes the founding ancestor of Rome, is a narrative on an epic scale: Aeneas and his companions contend not only with human enemies but with the whim of the gods. His destiny preordained by Jupiter, Aeneas is nevertheless assailed by dangers invoked by the goddess Juno, and by the torments of love, loyalty, and despair. Virgil's supreme achievement is not only to reveal Rome's imperial future for his patron Augustus, but to invest it with both passion and suffering for all those caught up in the fates of others. Frederick Ahl's new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of the original in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style. This is an Aeneid that the first-time reader can grasp and enjoy, and whose rendition of Virgil's subtleties of thought and language will enthrall those already familiar with the epic. An Introduction by Elaine Fantham, and Ahl's comprehensive notes and invaluable indexed glossary complement the translation.

Revue de presse :

Frederick Ahl captures the pathos... to splendid effect. His version reproduces the fierce, hurtling momentum of the original... he has produced the finest translation of the Aeneid in recent memory. (Eric Ormsby, New York Sun)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0192832069
• ISBN 13: 9780192832061
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 544