Virgil, William Johnson Thornhill

The Passion Of Dido

Or The Fourth Book Of The Aeneid Of Virgil, Freely Rendered In English Blank Verse (1878)

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Produktbeschreibung

""The Passion of Dido"" is a poetic work by Virgil, originally written as the fourth book of ""The Aeneid."" This particular edition, published in 1878, is a free verse translation of the original Latin work into English. The book tells the story of the tragic love affair between Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and Aeneas, a Trojan prince who is destined to found Rome. The translation captures the intense emotions of the characters and the dramatic events of the story, including Dido's passionate love for Aeneas, his eventual departure, and her subsequent suicide. The work is a classic of Western literature and has been influential in shaping literary and artistic depictions of love and tragedy for centuries.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9781437031928
• ISBN-10: 1437031927
• Artikelnr.: 25518010

Autorenporträt

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.