
Aeneid
by Virgil
Title:
Aeneid
Author:
Virgil
Series (if any):
Penguin Clothbound Classics
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
368 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780141996332
EAN:
9780141996332
Publication Date:
05/11/2020
Classifications:
Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Weight (g):
590
Dimensions (mm):
206 x 136 x 29
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Virgil''s masterpiece and one of the greatest works in all of literature, now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-SmithVirgil''s Aeneid, inspired by Homer and the inspiration for Dante and Milton, is an immortal poem that sits 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. In telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering, in its physicality and its mystery.






























