Collection
Status
Available
Description
This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. A unique hero, Aeneas struggles and fights not for personal gain but for a civilization that will exist far into the future. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world. Virgil, Rome's greatest poet, turned a mythical legend into a national epic that would survive Rome's collapse to become the most influential book Rome contributed to Western culture.
Publication
Vintage Books (1994), Edition: Reissue, Paperback, 442 pages
ISBN
0679729526 / 9780679729525
Pages
442
Language
Original language
Latin
Original publication date
ca. 29 - 19 BC
1916 (English: H.R. Fairclough)
1697 (English: John Dryden)
1956 (English: W. F. Jackson Knight)
1971 (English: Allen Mandelbaum)