Aeneid, The Epic Tale Complete

Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic that recounts the events after the Fall of Troy, connecting the Roman dynasty to the legends of a heroic past. This translation by John Dryden is accompanied by Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics, providing biographical information on Virgil's life and works. Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories, and Epic Tales collections offer a range of myth, folklore, epic literature, and modern short fiction, highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction, and mystery stories.

Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 11 October 2022
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Virgil's masterpiece, one of the greatest works in Western literature, was written in Latin between 29 and 19 BCE, recounting events after the Fall of Troy over 1200 years before, as told in the famous Homeric epics of Greek literature, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The great adventures of Aeneas' flight from Troy and the prophecy of his founding of a great city linked the Roman dynasty to the legends of a heroic past, bringing myth and history to bear in the politics of the Roman Empire. Here in the much-loved translation by John Dryden, accompanied by Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics, with biographical material on Virgil's life and works.

Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories, and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore, epic literature, and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction, and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift, and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.

Weight: 792g
Dimension: 234 x 153 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781804172322