Dimensions
161 x 243 x 43mm
Translated by Robert Fagles
The city of Troy has been ransacked by conquering Greeks and lies in smouldering ruins. A warrior, Aeneas, manages to escape from the ashes. He will go on to change the history of the world...
'The Aeneid' tells the story of an epic seven year journey that sees Aeneas cross stormy seas, become entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, visit the world of the dead -- all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods -- and finally reach Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people. A sweeping epic of arms and heroism, dispossession and defeat, and a searching portrait of a man caught between love, duty and fate, 'The Aeneid' brings to life a whole human world of passion, nobility, and courage.
This is the much-anticipated new version of Virgil's epic poem from the translator of the 'Odyssey' and the 'Iliad'.
