Aeneid

Name: Aeneid
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ISBN: 9780300240108

ISBN-10: 0300240104

ISBN-13: 9780300240108

Edition: N/A

Authors: Vergil, Sarah Ruden, Susanna Braund

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This is a substantial revision of Sarah Ruden's celebrated 2008 translation of Vergil's Aeneid, which was acclaimed by Garry Wills as "the first translation since Dryden's that can be read as a great English poem in itself." Ruden's line-for-line translation in iambic pentameter is an astonishing feat unique among modern translations. Her revisions to the translation render the poetry more spare and muscular than before and capture even more closely the essence of Vergil's poem, which pits national destiny against the fates of individuals and which resonates in our own time. This distinguished translation, now equipped with introduction, notes, and glossary by leading Vergil scholar…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/9/2021
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Susanna Morton Braund is Professor of Classics, Stanford University.