The Aeneid of Virgil: Books I-IV (Classic Reprint) Hardcover – November 22, 2017

Excerpt from The Aeneid of Virgil: Books I-IVIT is with unfeigned difhdence that I offer to the public a new attempt to render the feneid into English verse. The world, it may be feared, is becoming sated with translations from the classic poets, which have of late years issued in extra ordinary numbers from the press. Yet it is by means of such a competition of translators that the desired result is most likely to be at tained. The version which the general judg ment pronounces to be the best obtains posses sion of the field: the unsuccessful sink into oblivion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read more