Aeneid, The Epic Tale Complete

von Virgil

432 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A beautiful new edition of one of the great works of literature from Classical Antiquity.Virgil's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Western literature, was written in Latin, between 29 and 19 BCE, recalling events after the Fall of Troy over 1200 years before, as told in the famous Homeric epics of Greek literature the Iliad and the Odyssey. The great adventures of Aeneas' flight from Troy and the prophesy of his founding of a great city linked Roman dynasty to the legends of a heroic past, bringing myth and history to bear in the politics of the Roman Empire. Here in the much-loved translation by John Dryden, and accompanied by Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics, with biographical material on Virgil's life and works.Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore, epic literature and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

• Reihe: Gothic Fantasy
• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9781804172322
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.10.2022
• Größe: 239 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing