{"product_id":"9780140449327","title":"The Aeneid","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Virgil, West, David, West, David \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/03\/2003,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 368 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780140449327,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original' The TimesAfter a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary ancestor Aeneas. As a patriotic epic imitating Homer, the Aeneid also set out to provide Rome with a literature equal to that of Greece. It tells of Aeneas, survivor of the sack of Troy, and of his seven-year journey: to Carthage, where he falls tragically in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld,; and finally to Italy, where he founds Rome. It is a story of defeat and exile, of love and war, hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated with an Introduction by DAVID WEST\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697760895020,"sku":"9780140449327","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780140449327.jpg?v=1722602817","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780140449327","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}