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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.
| ISBN | 0140449329 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780140449327
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 270 | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series editor | Ingham, Patricia | | Publication date | 27 Mar 2003 | | Series title | Penguin Classics S. | | Non-book description | xiii, 353 p. : | | Previous ISBN | 9780140444575 | | Translator | David West | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | David West | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PA6825 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 873.01 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Alternative ISBN | 9789626347782 |
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"Hardie successfully incorporates the most valuable ancient and contemporary materials on Vergil to produce a more literary approach reflecting the insights and biases of critical work of recent decades. This edition will br appreciated by students and scholars alike." Classical World  Be the first to write a customer review
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