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The Aeneid

Author: Virgil.; Robert Fagles
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2006.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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[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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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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[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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