Virgil

Broschiertes Buch

The Eclogues and the Georgics

Beschreibung

Originally published in 1944, this book contains English metrical translations of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics. The translations were produced by the British poet R. C. Trevelyan (1872-1951). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Virgil and translation.

Autor

Publius Vergilius Maro, known to us as Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.), is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid, in which he represented the Emperor Augustus as a descendant of the half-divine Aeneas, a refugee from the fall of Troy and legendary founder of Rome. Virgil claimed on his deathbed that The Aeneid was unfinished and expressed a desire to have it burned, but it became the national epic of ancient Rome, a monument of Latin literature, and has been regarded as one of the great classics of Western literature ever since. Virgil's other works include the Eclogues and the Georgics, also considered masterpieces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 145g
• ISBN-13: 9781107445789
• ISBN-10: 1107445787
• Artikelnr.: 41610513