Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Box Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Name: Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid Box Set: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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ISBN: 9780147505606

by Homer & Virgil

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A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literature--The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid

One of the preeminent translators of our time, Robert Fagles's interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernard Knox.

Publisher:: Penguin Classics
ISBN:: 9780147505606
Binding:: Boxed Set
Pages:: 1760
Authors:: Homer, Virgil
Published Date:: 2009-09-30
Language:: English

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All Poetry Ancient & Classical Epic Homer Virgil

About Virgil

Virgil (70–19 BCE), born Publius Vergilius Maro near Mantua in northern Italy, ranks among ancient Rome's foremost poets. He wrote three major works: the Eclogues (c. 37 BCE), pastoral poems influenced by Theocritus; the Georgics (c. 29 BCE), a didactic poem on agriculture and rural life; and the Aeneid, an epic in twelve books recounting the journey of Aeneas from Troy to the founding of Rome, left unfinished at his death. The Aeneid became a foundational text of Roman imperial identity and one of the most influential works in Western literature, shaping Dante, Milton, and many others. Virgil was associated with the patron Maecenas and the emperor Augustus, and died at Brundisium.

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