{"product_id":"9780140449327","title":"The Aeneid","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Virgil \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassical texts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 March 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e139 x 196 x 23 | 268g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491136881026,"sku":"9780140449327","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780140449327.jpg?v=1753740265","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780140449327","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}