Kids learn about the art, religion, history, architecture and culture of ancient Greece.
Virgil's Aeneid, inspired by Homer and inspiration for Dante and Milton, is an immortal poem at the heart of Western life and culture. Virgil took as his hero Aeneas, legendary survivor of the fall of Troy and father of the Roman race, and in telling a story of dispossession and defeat, love and war, he portrayed human life in all its nobility and suffering. This is a prose translation, but David West believes that contemporary English prose has recourses of power, subtlety and music that can go some way to catching the spirit as well as the letter of Virgil's great original.
Written by Virgil. Translated and introduction by John West. 368 pages. Recommended for ages 15 and up. |
