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The Aeneid: Introduction by Philip Hardie

AUTHOR Hardie, Philip; Fitzgerald, Robert; Virgil et al.
PUBLISHER Everyman's Library (06/30/1992)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
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In dramatic and narrative power, Virgil's Aeneid is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, The Iliad and The Odyssey. It surpasses them, however, in the intense sympathy it displays for its human actors-a sympathy that makes events such as Aeneas's escape from Troy and search for a new homeland, the passion and the death of Dido, the defeat of Turnus, and the founding of Rome among the most memorable in literature.

This celebrated translation by Robert Fitzgerald does full justice to the speed, clarity, and stately grandeur of the Roman Empire's most magnificent literary work of art.
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ISBN-13: 9780679413356
ISBN-10: 0679413359
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 520
Carton Quantity: 12
Product Dimensions: 5.36 x 1.24 x 8.31 inches
Weight: 1.24 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: DE
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Poetry | Ancient & Classical
Poetry | Epic
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Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: 873.01
Library of Congress Control Number: 91058698
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This book is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, The Iliad and The Odyssey, in dramatic and narrative power, and it surpasses them in the intense sympathy which makes events such as the passion and destruction of Dido and the fall of Turnus among the most memorable in literature.
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Introduction by Philip Hardie; Translation by Robert Fitzgerald
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In dramatic and narrative power, Virgil's Aeneid is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, The Iliad and The Odyssey. It surpasses them, however, in the intense sympathy it displays for its human actors-a sympathy that makes events such as Aeneas's escape from Troy and search for a new homeland, the passion and the death of Dido, the defeat of Turnus, and the founding of Rome among the most memorable in literature.

This celebrated translation by Robert Fitzgerald does full justice to the speed, clarity, and stately grandeur of the Roman Empire's most magnificent literary work of art.

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Introduction by: Hardie, Philip
Philip Hardie is a Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Cambridge. He is a leading figure in Latin literary studies, a Fellow of the British Academy, and author of books on Virgil, Ovid and other Latin poets. He also has strong interests in the Renaissance reception of classical literature, and is co-editor (with Patrick Cheney) of the Renaissance volume in The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature 2012).
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Translator: Fitzgerald, Robert
A freelance writer with a penchant for art history and design. A graduate of Stanford University, he has covered design and architecture for Town & Country magazine.
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