Aeneid : Penguin Classics

Book received in excellent condition.

HELPFUL.

its a reply from romans to the greeks.. epic ...lucky for this translation.

Good paper quality. Interesting book.

Book was not in a good condition when received today.

Excellent go for it

A must read for anyone interested in the classics

Written to praise Augustus and link the Claudio-Julian family to the Trojans it is nevertheless a masterpiece and beautifully constructed. I have never read the original, my loss, but the Rieu translation is a classic that seems not to dumb down the original.

Even though Virgil's The Aeneid (c. 29 BCE-19 BCE) was written c. 700 years after The Iliad c. (725 BCE), Virgil picks up the story of Aeneas after the fall of Troy as if it just happened. Aeneas leaves with his father, son, and a small contingent of Trojans after the Greeks slaughtered everyone in Troy and destroyed the city, and they sail away. The gods give Aeneas a mission to find a land which he can call home. That land with eventually be Rome. Virgil's The Aeneid, while a well written story with a lot of action and wars, was actually a piece of propaganda commissioned by the first emperor Augustus to glorify his reign and to promote the values of Rome after Julius Caesar. It is a good read, though. Aeneas shows the embodiment of piety, duty, and honor, all of which would become Rome's ideals. He make mistakes by falling in love with Dido and breaking her heart by leaving. He travels to the Underworld and tries to apologize to her by saying it was his fate and the god's will. She turns away. Calypso, however, give him good advice on how to avoid mistakes while sailing. Eventually, he makes it Latium, which will become Rome, where he fights several battles. It shows that Rome has a long history that starts with Aeneas.

A wonderful read with philosophy poetry and humanity combining to create great art. Little wonder that Dante revered Virgil and considered him more than a father

Sublime eloquence