Vergil

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes This is a substantial revision of Sarah Ruden’s celebrated 2008 translation of Vergil’s Aeneid, which was acclaimed by Garry Wills as “the first translation since Dryden’s that can be read as a great English poem in itself.” Ruden’s line-for-line translation in iambic pentameter is an...

On his deathbed in 19 BCE, Vergil asked that his epic, the Aeneid, be burned. If his wishes had been obeyed, western literature—maybe even western civilization—might have taken a different course. The Aeneid has remained a foundational text since the rise of universities and has been invoked at key points of human history—whether by Saint Augustine to illustrate the fallen...

The first of a two-volume edition of Vergil's Aeneid, Aeneid 1-6 is part of a new series of Vergil commentaries from Focus, designed specifically for college students and informed by the most up-to-date scholarship. The editors, who are scholars of Roman epic, not only provide grammatical and syntactical aid in translating and navigating the complexities of Vergil's Latin, but also...

Vergil: Aeneid 10 is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume adapts, with extensive revisions and additions, the commentaries of T. E. Page (1884, 1900) and is edited by a scholar of Roman epic. The present volume offers the Latin text of Book 10 along with extensive notes and commentary designed to meet the needs...

This edition is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume is edited by a scholar of Roman epic and designed with the needs of today's college Latin students in mind. A two-volume edition of all books in the Aeneid will be derived from the series. This is Book Four in the series.

Vergil: Aeneid 8 is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume adapts, with extensive revisions and additions, the commentaries of T. E. Page (1884, 1900) and is edited by a scholar of Roman epic. The present volume offers the Latin text of Book 8 along with maps, extensive notes, and commentary designed to meet the...

This book is part of a series of individual volumes covering Books 1-6 of Vergil's Aeneid. Each book includes an introduction, notes, bibliography, commentary and glossary, and is edited by a Vergil scholar. This is Book One in the series.

This is the sixth in the series of books of the Aeneid which include the text in Latin, with an introduction and commentary.

Vergil: Aeneid 7 is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume adapts, with extensive revisions and additions, the commentaries of T. E. Page (1884, 1900) and is edited by a scholar of Roman epic. The present volume offers the Latin text of Book 7 along with maps, extensive notes, and commentary designed to meet the...

This book is part of a series of individual volumes covering Books 1-6 of Vergil's Aeneid. Each book includes an introduction, notes, bibliography, commentary and glossary, and is edited by a Vergil scholar. This is Book Two in the series.

Presented via the natural method by Hans Orberg, Vergil: Aeneis Libros I et IV allows students to read lightly altered Latin texts. It includes the complete text of the Aeneid Books 1 and 4 and portions of books 2 and 3, along with indices of vocabulary and names. This text is suitable for use in conjunction with Orberg's second-year text...