Bøger af Vergil

En af litteraturhistoriens største klassikere i en revideret, gennemillustreret udgave med ledsagerbind. Vergils Aenide er fortællingen om den trojanske helt, Aeneas, og hans flugt til Italien efter Trojas fald. Undervejs udsættes han for mange trængsler og farlige eventyr, herunder fristelserne hos Karthagos skønne dronning Dido, men til sidst når han sammen med sine mænd og sin søn frem til latinernes land, hvor han efter mange prøvelser ender som sejrherre og romernes stamfader. Aeneas og hans mænd var flygtninge fra en krig, som vel hverken i antal døde, sårede eller fordrevne eller i militær teknik kan måle sig med vor tids, men for ofrene hver for sig gjorde det ingen forskel. De rejste til en - for dem - ny verden, hvor de søgte at skabe sig en ny fremtid sammen med de folk, som var der i forvejen og slet ikke hilste indvandrerne velkomne. Vergils tema er åbenbart evigt, og han behandler det, så både gruen og håbet får sit. Med den kunst, som har gjort hans nu totusindårige digt til et evigt eje. Otto Steen Due har indlagt sig stor hæder som fordansker af den klassiske latinske og græske litteratur, ikke mindst Homers Iliade og Odyssé. Hans oversættelse af Vergils Aeneide udkom første gang i 1996, men er nu - ligesom Ovids forvandlinger - blevet grundigt revideret og fremstår nu, med nye illustrationer af Peter Brandes.

Georgica, oversat af Simon Meisling, er dels et digt om landbruget: et digt i fire dele, der giver råd til landmanden om såtider, høst og biavl, dels et yderst raffineret og forfinet skrift fra en digter, der fra et liv uden jord under neglene hæver landbruget fra det bogstavelig jordnære til en poetisk sfære, hvor det praktiske blander sig med det religiøse og mytologiske. Inspirationen går tilbage til det ældste græske digt, Hesiods Værker og Dage, og hellenismens bukolik, og Vergil viser fermt, hvordan intet materiale er for dagligdags til ikke at kunne forvandles til kunst.

Offers translation of Vergil's great epic and renders the poem in the same number of lines as the original work. This title helps modern readers experience for themselves the timeless power of Vergil's masterpiece.

James Bradley Wells combines creative practice and intimate knowledge of contemporary poetry and classical antiquity in this thought-provoking new translation of two early works by ancient Rome's most well-known and most esteemed poet, Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics. With its emphasis on the musicality of English, Wells's translations honor the original spirit of Latin poetry as both a written and performance-based art form. The accompanying introductory essays situate Vergil's poems in a rich literary tradition. Wells provides historical context and literary analysis of these two works, eschewing facile interpretations of these oft examined texts and ensconcing them in the society and culture from which they originated. These annotated essays, a pronunciation guide, and a glossary, alongside Wells's bold vision for what translation choices can reveal, guide readers as they explore this ancient and famously difficult poetry.

Vergil: Aeneid 7 is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid. Each volume adapts, with extensive revisions and additions, the commentaries of T. E. Page (1884, 1900) and is edited by a scholar of Roman epic. The present volume offers the Latin text of Book 7 along with maps, extensive notes, and commentary designed to meet the needs of intermediate students of Latin. A two-volume edition of the entire Aeneid designed to meet the needs of advanced students will be derived from the series.

Vergil: Aeneid 8 is part of a new series of commentaries on the Aeneid . Each volume adapts with extensive revisions and additions the commentaries of T. E. Page (1884, 1900), and is edited by a scholar of Roman epic. The present volume offers the Latin text of Book 8 along with maps, extensive notes, and commentary designed to meet the needs of intermediate students of Latin. A two-volume edition of the entire Aeneid designed to meet the needs of advanced students will be derived from the series.

This book is part of a series of individual volumes covering Books 1-6 of Vergil's Aeneid. Each book includes an introduction, notes, bibliography, commentary and glossary, and is edited by an Vergil scholar. This is Book Three in the series.

The first of a two-volume edition of Vergil's Aeneid, Aeneid 1--6 is part of a new series of Vergil commentaries from Focus, designed specifically for college students and informed by the most up-to-date scholarship. The editors, who are scholars of Roman epic, not only provide grammatical and syntantical aid in translating and navigating the complexities of Vergil's Latin, but also elucidate the stylistic and interpretive issues that enhance and sustain readers' appreciation of the Aeneid. Editions of individual Aeneid books with expanded comments and general vocabulary of each book are also being made available by Focus. FEATURES: The complete Books 1--6 in Latin with the most up-to-date notes and commentary by today's leading scholars of Roman epic; A general introduction to the entire volume that sets forth the literary, cultural, political, and historical background necessary to interpret and understand Vergil; Book commentaries that include: an introduction to each book, as well as shorter introductions to major sections to help frame salient passages for students; line-by-line notes providing grammatical and syntactical help in translating, discussion of the most up-to-date scholarship, and explanations of literary references that help students make connections between Vergil and Homer; Appendix on meter clearly and helpfully demonstrating the metrical concepts employed in the Aeneid with actual examples from the text, giving students the framework for understanding Vergil's poetic artistry; Glossary on rhetorical, syntactic, and grammatical terms that aids students in identifying and discussing the characteristic elements of Vergil's style.