The Aeneid - Virgil
Imperial Rome needed an epic poem in the vein of the Homeric epics. The Robert Fagles translation is very good. Very much a product of its time and important to Augustus politically, lenses to keep in mind when reading it.
Imperial Rome needed an epic poem in the vein of the Homeric epics. The Robert Fagles translation is very good. Very much a product of its time and important to Augustus politically, lenses to keep in mind when reading it.