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The Aeneid

Virgil - Author

David West - Translator

David West - Introduction by

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ISBN 9780140449327 | 368 pages | 29 Apr 2003 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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Features a revised introduction

In Aeneas, Virgil created the most powerful figure in Latin literature, the dutiful yet fallible Trojan prince who overcomes war, suffering and countless setbacks to lay the foundations of the Roman race.


@TranslatioStud Got a gift of a huge wooden horse today, here in Troy. Just appeared outside the city gate. BTW: War going poorly.

Surprise. Soldiers inside the horse. We didn’t start the fire! Hector’s Ghost says to GTFO – take Dad and the kid with me.

I’m on a boat. Three generations of Aenean men on a sea-journey of epic proportions. Hmm. Sounds familiar…

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‘The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original’  
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‘Sweet prose, clear and clean and dancing like a mountain stream, as here … West opens the window and the winds bring life into Virgil’s body’ 
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