The essential Aeneid

The essential Aeneid

by Virgil

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Stanley Lombardo (classics, U. of Kansas) translated the famous Latin epic in 2005, and here offers an abridgments of that translation (which was also published by Hacket Publishing Co.) with summaries of the sections omitted. The blank-verse English is in readable vernacular, without archaisms. A glossary of names with pronunciation guides is provided and a list of further reading, but no notes or index. A trimmed down version of W.R. Johnson's (classics and comparative literature, U. of Chica…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The essential Aeneid / Virgil ; translated and edited by Stanley Lombardo ; introduction by W.R. Johnson.

Summary

Stanley Lombardo (classics, U. of Kansas) translated the famous Latin epic in 2005, and here offers an abridgments of that translation (which was also published by Hacket Publishing Co.) with summaries of the sections omitted. The blank-verse English is in readable vernacular, without archaisms. A glossary of names with pronunciation guides is provided and a list of further reading, but no notes or index. A trimmed down version of W.R. Johnson's (classics and comparative literature, U. of Chicago) is also included.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Hackett Pub. Co
  • Place of Publication:Indianapolis
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2006.

Notes

Abridged edition of Lombardo's translation of the Aeneid, published in 2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxxii, 212 pages : : map ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0872207919, 9780872207912, 0872207900, 9780872207905
  • oclc:ocm61295801
  • LC Classification:PA6807.A5
  • Dewey Decimal:873/.01

Subjects

Aeneas, (Legendary character) Epic poetry, Latin Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into… Poésie Poetry Translations Translations into English

Writers

Virgil Lombardo, Stanley

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