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The Aeneid (Penguin Classics) Paperback – Unabridged, April 29, 2003

by Virgil (Author), David West (Editor, Translator, Introduction)
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"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. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven year journey – to Carthage, falling tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld, in the company of the Sibyl of Cumae; and finally to Italy, where he founded 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’.

David West’s acclaimed prose translation is accompanied by his revised introduction and individual prefaces to the twelve books of The Aeneid.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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"Fitzgerald's is so decisively the best modern Aeneid that it is unthinkable that anyone will want to use any other version for a long time to come." —New York Review of Books

"From the beginning to the end of this English poem ... the reader will find the same sure control of English rhythms, the same deft phrasing, and an energy which urges the eye onward." —The New Republic

"A rendering that is both marvelously readable and scrupulously faithful.... Fitzgerald has managed, by a sensitive use of faintly archaic vocabulary and a keen ear for sound and rhythm, to suggest the solemnity and the movement of Virgil's poetry as no previous translator has done (including Dryden).... This is a sustained achievement of beauty and power." —Boston Globe

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Virgil, born in 70 B.C., is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid. He earned great favor by portraying Augustus as a descendant of the half-god, half-man Aeneas. Although Virgil swore on his deathbed that The Aeneid was incomplete and unworthy, it has been considered one of the greatest works of Western literature for more than two thousand years.

David West (1926-2013) was a leading classical scholar and a professor at Newcastle University. The Guardian stated that his translation of the Aeneid is "remarkably true to the Latin, and has brought Virgil’s epic to life for a generation of modern English readers." A leading figure in the resurence of interest in the ancient world, he was President of the Classical Association in 1995, and a Vice-President of the Association for Latin Teaching.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics; Revised ed. edition (April 29, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140449329
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140449327
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP0L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.76 x 5.08 x 0.87 inches
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Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuː.blɪ.ʊs wɛrˈɡɪ.lɪ.ʊs ˈma.roː]; October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil /ˈvɜːrdʒᵻl/ in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him.

Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy—in Roman mythology the founding act of Rome. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably Dante's Divine Comedy, in which Virgil appears as Dante's guide through hell and purgatory.

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Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific translation.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2021
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This Penguin classic is a beautiful translation and a nice publishers paperback. While used and slightly annotated in margins, it is a treasured classic which I am enjoying and will love to have access from now on from my bookcase.
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Paul Erik Leopold
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good!
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Virgil is notoriously harder to render in English verse than Homer. The haunting rhythm of his hexameters and his stately diction, enriched with archaisms, have arguably never found a comfortable equivalent in our language. Yet David West's version, in plain, modern English prose, somehow evokes the feeling of Virgil's epic better than any other version I know. It's not just his close fidelity to descriptive detail, but also the cadences of the prose, natural, unforced yet richly suggestive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ
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so good I loved it. I RECOMMENDED it to all ancient history lovers
To be honest though it gets a little weird at times.
But overall a great read.
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Doris R. Wimber
4.0 out of 5 stars A readable (English) translation of a classic
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013
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I've always wanted to know the classics on which so much of our western culture is based, and this is an easy to read translation of Virgil's great writing.
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Amy E. K. Vail
5.0 out of 5 stars The best English prose Aeneid of all
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2016
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For those who believe, with Robert Frost, that poetry is what gets left out in the translation, a fine prose Aeneid can be a joy and a treasure. David West's Aeneid rendering is both. Lively, lucid, thoughtful, and briskly paced.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite prose translation
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024
The prose is shapely modern English, flows well, is clear and energetic. The translator knows what they're doing.
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Historical Maiden
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent !!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016
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Excellent story of Aeneas. Octavian had Virgil write this for him, to show that he was a decendent of Aeneas...the great Trojan hero.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Enjoyed this prose version as the first read. Going to try a poetic version next.
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The prose translation is good, but Virgil’s own writing might make it seem like it drones on and on , not to mention his endless praising in some points, long listing of names that dont have any interest in prose. I skipped such section and after the half way point the story itself gets uninteresting, which are Virgil’s own creation of the story of the founding of the Roman race. All the books before book six where he borrow from mythology are much better. The Roman boot licking gets too much I never finished after book 10.
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The prose translation is good, but Virgil’s own writing might make it seem like it drones on and on , not to mention his endless praising in some points, long listing of names that dont have any interest in prose. I skipped such section and after the half way point the story itself gets uninteresting, which are Virgil’s own creation of the story of the founding of the Roman race. All the books before book six where he borrow from mythology are much better. The Roman boot licking gets too much I never finished after book 10.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for the average person
Reviewed in Germany on January 26, 2024
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I wish I could pretend that I was high brow and appreciated this classic, but it was all lost on me. I couldn't get into it. It was just a rambling story that seemed to constantly introduce new characters and elements. Maybe this makes sense to people who know the entire Greco-Roman pantheon down to every last nymph and myth and therefore get all of the references. Also, I suspect in the original form of poetry was what made it a classic in Latin, but I don't think poetry can be translated.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great transaction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2023
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My granddaughter loves this book…
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5.0 out of 5 stars The world’s greatest vanity project.
Reviewed in France on August 19, 2023
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Written to praise Augustus and link the Claudio-Julian family to the Trojans it is nevertheless a masterpiece and beautifully constructed. I have never read the original, my loss, but the Rieu translation is a classic that seems not to dumb down the original.
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