2009
| A glorious boxed set featuring Robert Fagles?s award-winning translations of the three great epics of Western literatureONE OF THE PREEMINENT translators of our time, Robert Fagles?s interpretations of these epic poems give new life to three seminal works in the Western canon. The Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid are collected here for the first time in a specially designed gift box. Each volume contains a superb introduction by renowned classicist Bernar....[more] |
1920
| “I sing of arms and the man...” So begins the ageless epic of Aeneas and his men, who are seemingly destined to wander the ancient world endlessly, the playthings of wrathful gods. Fleeing the ruins of Troy, Aeneas must fight his battles with little notion that Jupiter has ordained that the Trojan champion shall promulgate a race that will be the forebears of Rome. |
1979
| Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
1975
| Virgil spent the years 37 BC-29 BC on the Georgics ("On Farming"), which was written in honor of Maecenas. |
| "Written by the Roman poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago, the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy, where he becomes the founding ancestor of Rome, is a narrative on an epic scale: Aeneas and his companions contend not only with human enemies but with the whim of the gods. His destiny preordained by Jupiter, Aeneas is nevertheless assailed by dangers invoked by the goddess Juno, and by the torments of love, loyalty, and despair. Virgil's supreme achieveme....[more] |
2002
| Considered one of Rome's greatest poets of the Golden Age, Virgil's earliest works are these pastoral poems called The Eclogues. |
| For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including drama, fiction, poetry, and essays. Los lectores tomaran un gran placer en descubrir los clasicos con estas bellas y economicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta seleccion editorial cuenta con titulos que abarcan todos los generos literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesia y el ensayo. |
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