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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Virgil.; Robert Fagles |
| ISBN: | 0670038032 9780670038039 |
| OCLC Number: | 71146510 |
| Description: | 486 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Map : the voyages of Aeneas -- The Aeneid / Virgil -- Translator's postscript -- Genealogy : the royal houses of Greece and Troy -- Suggestions for further reading -- Variants from the Oxford classical text -- Notes and the translation -- Pronouncing glossary. |
| Other Titles: | Aeneis. |
| Responsibility: | Virgil ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox. |
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Abstract:
[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. -Dust jacket.
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