Aeneid

'Arms & the man I sing of Troy...' So begins one of the greatest works of literature in any language. Written by the poet Virgil more than two thousand years ago, the story of Aeneas' seven-year journey from the ruins of Troy to Italy, where he becomes the founding ancestor of Rome, is a narrative on an epic scale--Aeneas & his companions contend not only with human enemies but with the whim of the gods. Frederick Ahl's new translationcaptures the excitement, poetic energy, & intellectual force of the original in a way that has never been done before.