{"product_id":"the-aeneid-9780190204952","title":"The Aeneid","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePowell's translation roves with the lows and highs of Vergil's Latin, matching the poem's emotive and stylistic variations turn for turn. With rich visual illustrations and explanatory notes on nearly every page, Powell's Aeneid offers a full immersion into the mythological and political workings of the poem: in short, a book both good to think with, and good to teach with. * Kirk Freudenburg, Yale University *\u003cbr\u003ePowell's translation does more than just allow the Latin-less reader to appreciate the artistry of Vergil; it gives a glimpse into why we are still reading Vergil and why this 'handbook of empire' * with all of the attendant ambiguities and complexities of that phraseis still relevant today.Leah Kronenberg, Rutgers University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction ; Book 1: The Shores of Africa ; Book 2: The Fall of Troy ; Book 3: Journey from Troy ; Book 4: The Death of Dido ; Book 5: Funeral Games ; Book 6: Descent into the Underworld ; Book 7: The Seeds of War ; Book 8: The Shield of Aeneas ; Book 9: Turnus Besieges the Trojan Camp ; Book 10: The Deaths of Pallas, Lausus, and Mezentius ; Book 11: The Mourning for Pallas and the Glory of Camilla ; Book 12: The Death of Turnus","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017585754455,"sku":"9780190204952","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190204952.jpg?v=1750774031","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-aeneid-9780190204952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}