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The Aeneid

The Aeneid

Braund, Susanna
Vergil
Ruden, Sarah

Paperback

Classic Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0300240104
ISBN13: 9780300240108
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: Feb 9 2021
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.05
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil's epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes

Ruden set the bar for Aeneid translations in 2008, and has raised it now with this revision. I am confident it will be a long time before a translator exceeds the standard that she has set.--A. M. Juster, Athenaeum Review

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 her previous version and capture even more closely the essence of Vergil's poem, which pits national destiny against the fates of individuals, and which resonates deeply in our own time.

This distinguished translation, now equipped with introduction, notes, and glossary by leading Vergil scholar Susanna Braund, allows modern readers to experience for themselves the timeless power of Vergil's masterpiece.

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