The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) Book

'The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original' The TimesAfter a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary ancestor Aeneas. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, the Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he falls tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld,; and finally to Italy, where he founds Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'.Translated with an Introduction by DAVID WEST

Virgil's Aeneid inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took as his hero Aeneas legendary survivor of the fall of Troy and father of the Roman race and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat love and war he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering.

'I sing of arms and of the man' After a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas - Augustus' legendary ancestor. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, The Aeneid also provided Rome with a literature equal to the Greek.

Virgil, David West (Trans), David West