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" The Aeneid "
Virgil ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox.
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BL
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563546
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b392801
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Virgil
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The Aeneid\ Virgil ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction by Bernard Knox.
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New York : Viking,, 2006.
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486 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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0670038032
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: 9780670038039
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Map : the voyages of Aeneas -- The Aeneid / Virgil -- Translator's postscript -- Genealogy : the royal houses of Greece and Troy -- Suggestions for further reading -- Variants from the Oxford classical text -- Notes and the translation -- Pronouncing glossary.
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This book tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people.",,,,,,"This book tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Carthage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfill his destiny: to found the Roman people.
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Legends; Epic poetry; Translations; Translations into English
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Robert Fagles
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Aeneis.
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