The Aeneid, Virgil
The Aeneid, Virgil
List: $24.47 | Sale: $17.13
Club: $12.23

The Aeneid

Author: Virgil, Robert Fitzgerald

Narrator: Christopher Ravenscroft

Abridged: 9 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/13/2005

Synopsis

Robert Fitzgerald's magnificent translation of Virgil's epic poem was a major literary event at its release in 1983; today it is an acknowledged masterpiece. Profoundly poetic yet gloriously accessible, this is the best way to experience a work that has remained a centerpiece of Western civilization for 2,000 years.

Fitzgerald's rendering speaks directly to the modern listener, inviting us to share the excitement, adventure, and human tears as Aeneas, the warrior hero, escapes from the burning city of Troy, embarks on a long and perilous journey, and eventually, triumphantly establishes a new nation: Rome.

About Virgil

Virgil (70 BCE-19 BCE) is considered one of Rome's greatest poets. He is best known for three major works: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Aeneid, although several minor poems are also attributed to him.

Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on August 31, 2024

welcome to...the A(UGUST)ENEID. i know this is my worst title / month pun ever. i know it's actually not even really a pun. but in my defense, august does not lend itself to any of the classics i have interest in. so there. anyway. welcome back to PROJECT LONG CLASSICS, in which i read an intimidating......more

Goodreads review by Adam on July 17, 2020

Impossible to rank a book that is so important, that has so many problems, that holds moments of deep and beautiful simile and metaphor, that treats its lead with shocking inconsistency, whose ending is an eruption of modern plot that redeems the whole book. The Ferry translation is quick and good an......more

Goodreads review by Libby on July 08, 2008

There are plenty of reviews here telling you why you should or shouldn't read book X. This review of Virgil's "Aeneid," the largely-completed first century BC nationalist epic poem that recounts the Trojan War and Aeneas's role in the eventual founding of Rome, will tell you instead why you should r......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List