The Aeneid of Virgil » (Reissue)

Renowned translator Allen Mandelbaum is W. R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities at Wake Forest University and author of several books including Lectura Dantis. National Book Award-winning artist and booksmith Barry Moser is the acclaimed illustrator of more than three hundred books. He is currently Professor in Residence and Printer at Smith College. His work has been exhibited at the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Library of Congress.

"A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original."—Bernard M. W. Knox

"Mandelbaum has . . . given us a contemporary experience of the masterpiece, at last."—David Ignatow

"The book has a wonderful, detailed liveliness in every line."—Robert Fagles

"Comes closer to the impossible goal of perfection than any of the numerous efforts that have poured out of American and British presses since World War II."—William S. Anderson

Bernard M. W. Knox

A brilliant translation; the only one since Dryden which reads like English verse and conveys some of the majesty and pathos of the original.

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