Aeneid » (Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD)
Authors: Virgil, Michael Page
ISBN-13: 9781400166008, ISBN-10: 1400166004
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Date Published: April 2010
Edition: Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD
Author Biography: Virgil
Page has lived all over the Eastern side of Britain. He has worked as a care assistant, student nurse and nurse, and for the NHS, local authorities and private companies.
Book Synopsis
Monumental epic poem of Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the burning ruins of Troy to found a new city in the west — Rome.
The New York Times Book Review
A new and noble standard bearer . . . There's a capriciousness to Fagles's line well suited to this vast story's ebb and flow.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Map: The Voyages of Aeneas 42
Virgil: The Aeneid
Safe Haven After Storm 47
The Final Hours of Troy 74
Landfalls, Ports of Call 103
The Tragic Queen of Carthage 127
Funeral Games for Anchises 153
The Kingdom of the Dead 182
Beachhead in Latium, Armies Gather 213
The Shield of Aeneas 241
Enemy at the Gates 266
Captains Fight and Die 293
Camilla's Finest Hour 324
The Sword Decides All 355
Notes
Translator's Postscript 387
Genealogy: The Royal Houses of Greece and Troy 404
Suggestions for Further Reading 406
Variants from the Oxford Classical Text 410
Notes on the Translation 411
Pronouncing Glossary 424
Subjects