{"product_id":"the-aeneid-of-virgil-gb-22456","title":"The Aeneid of Virgil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Aeneid of Virgil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is something grotesque in the idea of a prose translation of a\r\npoet, though the practice is become so common that it has ceased to\r\nprovoke a smile or demand an apology. The language of poetry is language\r\nin fusion; that of prose is language fixed and crystallised; and an\r\nattempt to copy the one material in the other must always count on\r\nfailure to convey what is, after all, one of the most essential things\r\nin poetry,its poetical quality. And this is so with Virgil more,\r\nperhaps, than with any other poet; for more, perhaps, than any other\r\npoet Virgil depends on his poetical quality from first to last. Such a\r\ntranslation can only have the value of a copy of some great painting\r\nexecuted in mosaic, if indeed a copy in Berlin wool is not a closer\r\nanalogy; and even at the best all it can have to say for itself will be\r\nin Virgil's own words, Experiar sensus; nihil hic nisi carmina desunt.\nIn this translation I have in the main followed the text of Conington\r\nand Nettleship. The more important deviations from this text are\r\nmentioned in the notes; but I have not thought it necessary [Pg vi]to give a\r\ncomplete list of various readings, or to mention any change except where\r\nit might lead to misapprehension. Their notes have also been used by me\r\nthroughout.\nBeyond this I have made constant use of the mass of ancient commentary\r\ngoing under the name of Servius; the most valuable, perhaps, of all, as\r\nit is in many ways the nearest to the poet himself. The explanation\r\ngiven in it has sometimes been followed against those of the modern\r\neditors. To other commentaries only occasional reference has been made.\r\nThe sense that Virgil is his own best interpreter becomes stronger as\r\none studies him more.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 22456 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Virgil, 70 BCE-19 BCE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Aug 29, 2007 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Virgil, 70 BCE-19 BCE \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43218043928733,"sku":"gb-22456-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/22456.jpg?v=1671464666","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-aeneid-of-virgil-gb-22456","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}