The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Penguin, 2006年11月2日 - 496 頁
From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic

Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roman empire. An unsparing portrait of a man caught between love, duty, and fate, the Aeneid redefines passion, nobility, and courage for our times. Robert Fagles, whose acclaimed translations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey were welcomed as major publishing events, brings the Aeneid to a new generation of readers, retaining all of the gravitas and humanity of the original Latin as well as its powerful blend of poetry and myth. Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil’s world by esteemed scholar Bernard Knox, this volume lends a vibrant new voice to one of the seminal literary achievements of the ancient world.

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Introduction
1
The Voyages of Aeneas
43
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
Enemy at the Gates
266
Captains Fight and Die
293
Camillas Finest Hour
324
The Sword Decides All
355
Translators Postscript
389
The Royal Houses of Greece and Troy
407
Pronouncing Glossary
426
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The Shield of Aeneas
241

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常見字詞

Acestes Achilles Aeneas Aeneid altar Anchises Apollo armor arms Ascanius battle battle of Actium blood bronze brother called Camilla camp captain Carthage chariot coast command comrade of Aeneas Creusa cries Dardanus dark daughter dead death deep Dido Diomedes earth enemy Etruscan Euryalus Evander eyes fate father fight fighters fire flames fury gates gifts goddess gods gold Greek grief grove hand head heart Hercules hero horses hurled Iliad Italian Italy Iulus Jove Juno Jupiter Juturna killed by Aeneas killed by Turnus king land Latin Latium Messapus Mezentius Mnestheus mother never night Nisus once Pallas peace Phrygian Priam queen race rage ramparts river Roman Rome round rush Rutulian Rutulian killed sacred sail seize shield ships shore Sibyl Sicily spear stars sword Tarchon tears Tiber town Trojan Trojan killed troops Troy Turnus Underworld Venus Virgil walls weapons winds wings words wound

關於作者 (2006)

Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 B.C.), known as Virgil, was born near Mantua in the last days of the Roman Republic. In his comparatively short life he became the supreme poet of his age, whose Aeneid gave the Romans a great national epic equal to the Greeks’, celebrating their city’s origins and the creation of their empire. Virgil is also credited  with authoring two other major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues and the Georgics. 

Robert Fagles (1933-2008) was Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the 1997 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His translations include Sophocles’s Three Theban Plays, Aeschylus’s Oresteia (nominated for a National Book Award), Homer’s Iliad (winner of the 1991 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award by The Academy of American Poets), Homer’s Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid.

Bernard Knox (1914-2010) was Director Emeritus of Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. He taught at Yale University for many years. Among his numerous honors are awards from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His works include The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy, Oedipus at Thebes: Sophocles’ Tragic Hero and His Time and Essays Ancient and Modern (awarded the 1989 PEN/Spielvogel-Diamonstein Award).

書目資訊

書名The Aeneid: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
作者Virgil
譯者Robert Fagles
著作人Bernard Knox
版本重印, 修訂
出版者Penguin, 2006
ISBN1101201541, 9781101201541
頁數496 頁
  
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