Dimensions
130 x 197 x 23mm
When Troy falls after ten long years of siege, it seems as if no Trojan will escape the vengeance of the Greeks. But the hero Aeneas slips from the burning city under divine protection. Guided by Venus, harassed by Juno, he turns to the west and Italy to fulfill his destiny: nothing less than the foundation of what would become the glory of Rome.
Aeneas's trials and adventures on the way to win his kingdom have entranced and inspired every generation since Virgil's death. The tragedy of the hero's love affair with Dido, queen of Carthage; his journey to the kingdom of the dead; his ferocious war against the Italian tribes have all caught the imagination of western poets from Dante to Shakespeare to T S Eliot. 'The Aeneid' touches the heart of the modern reader, just as it forms an integral part of our literary heritage.
The most comprehensive edition available, with introduction, notes, further reading and chronology.
