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The Aeneid

By Bernard Knox, Virgil, Robert Fagles (Translator)

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| Hardcover | 9780670038039

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Robert Fagles's translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Continue

Robert Fagles's translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their Fagles collection—and the attention it receives will stimulate even greater interest in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. BACKCOVER: Praise for Robert Fagles's translation of the Odyssey:
“Wonderfully readable . . . just the right blend of sophistication and roughness, it seems to me.”
—Ted Hughes

“A memorable achievement . . . Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless.”
—Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review

“Remarkably seductive . . . In Fagles's hands, this `perennial poem of adventure' is again a work of entertainment, of majesty and epic beauty great enough to stun the senses.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer

Critics

  • The hoofbeat of horses

    Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Frederick Ahl 480pp, Oxford, £16.99 The story of Virgil's Aeneid (composed from about 29-19BC) is straightforward. The Trojan prince Aeneas escapes the destruction of Troy by the Greeks and sets sail with his father An ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Virgil the Great

    Virgil was a perfectionist. Among the few items in the highly unreliable biographical tradition that have a ring of truth are his remark that he created a poem like a she-bear, gradually licking it into shape, and the report that as he lay dying at B ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Thu, 26 Aug 2010

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