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This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aenas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. A unique hero, Aenas struggles and fights not for personal gain but for a civilization that will exist in the far future. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world.
Virgil, Rome's greatest poet, turned a mythical legend into a national epic that would survive Rome's collapse to become the most influential book Rome contributes to Western culture.
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"I read this in about 10 days. I probably could have easily read it in about 3 if it weren't for the fact that I wanted to do other stuff besides reading wonderful literature. I haven't read any other translations of The Aeneid., but I found this to be one of the best translations that I've read. It was readable, it was beautiful, it was all done in verse."
— Jigme (5 out of 5 stars)
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“The founding of Rome and the maturation of a hero who has greatness thrust upon him are the subjects of Virgil’s first-century (B.C.) epic.”
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“A sweeping epic filled with adventure and mythology, heroes and gods. There is a lot of material here for students of history, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient literature…[Davidson’s] diction and pacing are quite good.”
— Kliatt
The Aeneid Listener Reviews
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" A great read! Surely destined to become a classic. "
— Rebecca, 2/19/2014 -
" Summer reading for my AP class and a refresher for myself. Oh Aeneas! "
— Molly, 2/17/2014 -
" I really liked this play. It was interesting to see the Trojan War from a different view point. Though this could easily be called the Roman version of The Odysessy, it doesn't feel like a rip off to me. I love the time spent with Dido in Carthage and how Virgil plants the beginning of the Roman society. "
— Jeannette, 2/12/2014 -
" Admittedly, I read this at high school and found it the most painfully boring book ever. I don't know if I could bring myself to read it even now, just to see if it had improved with my age... "
— Hannah, 2/6/2014 -
" Loved Dido. But did the latter third have to be so bloody? "
— John, 1/30/2014 -
" i am listening to the book tape and it is phenomenal. the performance is as good as the translation. "
— bruce, 1/23/2014 -
" Honors Latin V! So many great jokes from this book. Any reference I hear I think of that class. Some of the stories are just so ridiculous it's fantastic. Bees in trees, flaming hair, crazy ex-girlfriends, sailing for YEARS AND YEARS, making new cities, fights, angry Goddesses, I mean you really can't get any better than that. "
— Veronica, 1/21/2014 -
" The Aeneid still remains one of my favorite books, it is a sheer classic. "
— Hideki, 1/19/2014 -
" 5 stars for Fagles' translation. 3 stars for Fitzgerald's. "
— Maggie, 1/19/2014 -
" Virgil shows masterful use of Homeric influences, and produces possibly the most thought provoking and ambiguous ending to any work of fiction I have read. An epic in every sense. David West's prose translation is excellent and is highly recommended. "
— Paul, 1/18/2014 -
" It starts very good; there is an interesting premise; the dialogue is quite powerful even if some of the descriptions suffer from excessive mixing of metaphors. But it fizzles out a bit at the end. Shame V. never got round to finishing it. "
— George, 1/18/2014
About Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC–19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was a Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. He is traditionally ranked as one of Rome’s greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. He was born in a small village near Mantua in northern Italy and attended school at Cremona, Milan, and Rome, where he studied mathematics, medicine, and rhetoric. He devoted his life, from 30 to 19 BC, to the composition of The Aeneid, the national epic of Rome.
About Frederick Davidson
Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.