The Æneid of Virgil translated into English prose
Virgil; John Conington (trans.)
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Description
Virgil wrote the Aeneid to give Rome a founding epic, and John Conington rendered it into clear English prose. Aeneas, a Trojan prince, escapes as Troy burns and sails the seas in search of a promised new home. His fate points toward Italy and the birth of the Roman people.
Along the way Aeneas loves Dido, queen of Carthage, and leaves her, with tragic results. He visits the underworld, then wages hard war in Italy against those who resist Rome's rise. Duty pulls against private feeling on nearly every page. Poets for two thousand years have treated the Aeneid as the model epic.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Virgil; John Conington (trans.) |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 730 KB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |