| The Aeneid of Virgil Revised Edition Contributor(s): Virgil (Author), Mandelbaum, Allen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0553210416 ISBN-13: 9780553210415 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: September 1981 Annotation: Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's "Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. "The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| LCCN: 00002547 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 4.16" W x 6.98" (0.43 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's Aeneid is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpiece can express. The Aeneid is a book for all the time and all people. |