| #185588 in Books | Virgil | 2008-08-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.10 x1.00 x7.60l,.80 | File type: PDF | 544 pages | Aeneid||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| madden the queen kindle fire|By Ruisu|This is a translation, so "how is the author's writing" is a tricky question. The genius of the _Aeneid_'s author, Virgil, goes without saying. May I quote a randomly chosen passage of Frederick Ahl's translation (p. 24) in support of my hunch that he is also a genius? "Her [Venus'] intent was that Cupid ... Madden the queen, kindle fire wi|||"Readers of Ahl's well-crafted lines will come face-to-face with the excitement and energy of Virgil's moving original. Fantham's 40-page introduction will enlighten both new readers and old fans; also helpful are the maps of the Roman world, the select bibli
Frederick Ahl's new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of the original in a way that has never been done before. Ahl has used a version of Virgil's ancient hexameter, a swift-moving six-beat line varying between twelve and seventeen syllables, to reproduce the original poetry in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style. This is an Aeneid that the first-time reader can grasp and enjoy, and whose rendition of Virgil's subtl...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Aeneid (Oxford World's Classics) | Virgil, Elaine Fantham. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
