AENEID Annotated edition by Publius Vergilius "Virgil" Maro John Dryden Literature Fiction eBooks
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Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate,
Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore.
Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,
And in the doubtful war, before he won
The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town;
His banish'd gods restor'd to rites divine,
And settled sure succession in his line,
From whence the race of Alban fathers come,
And the long glories of majestic Rome.
O Muse! the causes and the crimes relate;
What goddess was provok'd, and whence her hate;
For what offense the Queen of Heav'n began
To persecute so brave, so just a man;
Involv'd his anxious life in endless cares,
Expos'd to wants, and hurried into wars!
Can heav'nly minds such high resentment show,
Or exercise their spite in human woe?
Against the Tiber's mouth, but far away,
An ancient town was seated on the sea;
A Tyrian colony; the people made
Stout for the war, and studious of their trade
Carthage the name; belov'd by Juno more
Than her own Argos, or the Samian shore.
Here stood her chariot; here, if Heav'n were kind,
The seat of awful empire she design'd.
Yet she had heard an ancient rumor fly,
(Long cited by the people of the sky,)
That times to come should see the Trojan race
Her Carthage ruin, and her tow'rs deface;
Nor thus confin'd, the yoke of sov'reign sway
Should on the necks of all the nations lay.
She ponder'd this, and fear'd it was in fate;
Nor could forget the war she wag'd of late
For conqu'ring Greece against the Trojan state.
Besides, long causes working in her mind,
And secret seeds of envy, lay behind;
Deep graven in her heart the doom remain'd
Of partial Paris, and her form disdain'd;
The grace bestow'd on ravish'd Ganymed,
Electra's glories, and her injur'd bed.
Each was a cause alone; and all combin'd
To kindle vengeance in her haughty mind.
For this, far distant from the Latian coast
She drove the remnants of the Trojan host;
And sev'n long years th' unhappy wand'ring train
Were toss'd by storms, and scatter'd thro' the main.
Such time, such toil, requir'd the Roman name,
Such length of labor for so vast a frame.
AENEID Annotated edition by Publius Vergilius "Virgil" Maro John Dryden Literature Fiction eBooks
Though I'm not a Latin scholar nor an expert on Virgil I enjoyed this fine 18th century poetic translation in appropriately high-flown language, with useful summaries of the plot at the beginning of each book. It also includes a very long, rather fawning introduction by Dryden which is addressed to his wealthy patron and which discusses at length some scholarly issues which I found of little use to the layperson.Product details
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AENEID Annotated edition by Publius Vergilius "Virgil" Maro John Dryden Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Dryden's transaltions brings the poem to life, and the pictures of ancient sculptures are as beautiful as this classical masterpiece. Important and readable.
The typesetting and layout of the text were so amateurish as to make the book unreadable, which is a shame, because it's a useful translation of a great poem. The "publisher" is utterly incompetent at publishing. It would have been simpler — and cheaper — for me to have simply procured the text online and made my ownå POD book of the text, which is what the "publisher" did, but ithout expending the slightest effort at legibility.
Gutenberg would have puked at this so-called book.
Though I'm not a Latin scholar nor an expert on Virgil I enjoyed this fine 18th century poetic translation in appropriately high-flown language, with useful summaries of the plot at the beginning of each book. It also includes a very long, rather fawning introduction by Dryden which is addressed to his wealthy patron and which discusses at length some scholarly issues which I found of little use to the layperson.
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