Aeneid
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Monumental epic poem of Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the burning ruins of Troy to found a new city in the west — Rome.The New York Times Book ReviewA new and noble standard bearer . . . There's a capriciousness to Fagles's line well suited to this vast story's ebb and flow.
Introduction 1Map: The Voyages of Aeneas 42Virgil: The AeneidSafe Haven After Storm 47The Final Hours of Troy 74Landfalls, Ports of Call 103The Tragic Queen of Carthage 127Funeral Games for Anchises 153The Kingdom of the Dead 182Beachhead in Latium, Armies Gather 213The Shield of Aeneas 241Enemy at the Gates 266Captains Fight and Die 293Camilla's Finest Hour 324The Sword Decides All 355NotesTranslator's Postscript 387Genealogy: The Royal Houses of Greece and Troy 404Suggestions for Further Reading 406Variants from the Oxford Classical Text 410Notes on the Translation 411Pronouncing Glossary 424
