Eneide

Æneis = Aeneid, Virgil The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Tro Leggi tutto

TO CARTHAGE THEN I CAME, WHERE A CAULDRON OF UNHOLY LOVES SANG IN MY EARS! The Waste Land THEY CONQUER WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN - THEY CAN, BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN! The Aeneid YOU can Conquer - now, isn’t that a nifty quick analysis of how faith works? That’s Virgil talking! Faith in oneself... or Faith in Leggi tutto

“What god can help me tell so dread a story? Who could describe that carnage in a song - “ Well, the answer of course is Virgil, a poet of the era of Augustus’ Rome. Why does he write it? Many literary critics have condemned the Aeneid for being state propaganda. Of course it is. Openly, proudly so! Leggi tutto

Impossible to rank a book that is so important, that has so many problems, that holds moments of deep and beautiful simile and metaphor, that treats its lead with shocking inconsistency, whose ending is an eruption of modern plot that redeems the whole book. The Ferry translation is quick and good an Leggi tutto

I’m a huge fan of propaganda, but I think I may not be a fan of fan fic. I was going into this with the hope that it would be fun, extreme, Latin propaganda, but The Aeneid is really more Trojan War fan fic, IMO. It’s the Phantom Menace to The Iliad ’s Empire Strikes Back . It is seriously lame. I thi Leggi tutto

"La fortuna favorece a los valientes." La Eneida, este poema épico inmortal surgido de la genialidad de Publio Virgilio Marón, es considerado uno de las obras clásicas fundacionales de la literatura universal que lo relaciona directamente con los aedos griegos, especialmente Homero, pero que en como Leggi tutto

There are plenty of reviews here telling you why you should or shouldn't read book X. This review of Virgil's "Aeneid," the largely-completed first century BC nationalist epic poem that recounts the Trojan War and Aeneas's role in the eventual founding of Rome, will tell you instead why you should r Leggi tutto

انه ايد و مختارنامه! مختارنامه رو ديديد؟ ديديد چقدر جنگ هاش تصنعیه؟ پر از حركات خشك و نمايشى، انگار نه انگار كه اون جا جنگه و دو نفر دارن با خشم و وحشت به قصد كشت تيغ تيز روانه ى سينه و گلوى هم مى كنن. نه وحشتى، نه عرقى، نه به نفس نفس افتادنى، نه تيرى كه توى گوشت گير مى كنه و بيرون نمياد، نه لخته خون Leggi tutto

Book Review 3 out of 5 stars to The Aeneid , a classic work written in 17 BC by Virgil . In The Aeneid, Virgil creates two vastly different archetypal heroes named Turnus and Aeneas. Aeneas is a Trojan prince who has hopes of finding a new Troy in the land of Latium, but he runs into an an

Read as part of my A Levels. Thoroughly enjoyed the first half of The Aeneid (mainly because its the half influenced by The Odyssey and so more mythological and fantastical) less enthralled by the second half (more influenced by The Iliad - with war and politics.) Will go back for a reread at some poi Leggi tutto