Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. There are different versions, translated by different people and amazon does not seem to differentiate well between them. Robert fagles, the poems newest translator, comes to the fray well armed. Virgils the aeneid still looks strikingly contemporary. The aeneid is a latin epic written by virgil in the 1st century bc that tells the legendary story of aeneas, a trojan who traveled to italy, where he became the ancestor of the romans. Samuel buttler translation of the iliad and the odyssey. Fagles was born in philadelphia, pennsylvania, the son of charles fagles, a lawyer, and vera voynow fagles, an architect. Robert fagles, whose acclaimed translations of homers iliad and odyssey were welcomed as major publishing events, brings the aeneid to a new generation of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original latin as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the aeneid and what it means. Robert fagles s translations of both the iliad and odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Aeneid book 1, lines 111 translation flashcards quizlet. Sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. So begins robert fagles magnificent translation of the.
Featuring an illuminating introduction to virgils world by. He attended amherst college, graduating in 1955 with a bachelor of arts degree. This beautifully produced edition of the aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their fagles collectionand the attention it. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of virgils aeneid is poised to do the same. Indeed the version i received was only books 1 to 7 just half of the aeneid. Just in the past dozen years, virgils aeneid has been tackled by robert fagles, stanley lombardo, frederick ahl, sarah ruden and, now, david ferry. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. After his bestselling iliad and odyssey, todays topdog classical translator hits the trifecta.
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