The Aeneid of Virgil

TheAeneidofVirgilANationalBookAwardWinnerforversetranslationbyAllenMandelbaumAeneasfleestheashesofTroytofoundthecityofRomeandchangeforeverthecourseoftheWesternworld--andofliteratureaswell.Virgil'sAeneidisaseternalasRomeitself,asweepingepicofarmsandheroism--thesearchingportraitofamancaughtbetweenloveandduty,humanfcclingandtheforceoffate--thathasinfluencedwritersformorethantwothousandyears.Filledwithdrama,passion,andtheuniversalpathosthatonlyamasterpiececanexpress,theAeneidisabookforalltimeandallpeople.