The Aeneid

Format:Paperback / softback 392 pages

Publisher:Yale University Press

Imprint:Yale University Press

Edition:Revised and Expanded Edition

ISBN:9780300240108

Published:23 Mar 2021

Weight:470g

Dimensions:139 x 218 x 26 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《埃涅阿斯纪》取材于古罗马神话传说，它叙述了特洛伊英雄埃涅阿斯在特洛伊城被希腊联军攻破后，率众来到意大利拉丁姆地区，成为罗马开国之君的这段经历，是一部罗马帝国的“史记”。

它以荷马史诗为范本，前半部分写漂泊，与《奥德赛》相似；后半部分写战争，与《伊利亚特》雷同，因此后人往往称它为罗马的荷马史诗。但它又不是荷马史诗的简单仿作，而是有着鲜明的时代特征和民族特征，是罗马民族的史诗。可贵的是，维吉尔充分发挥了自己的风格和特长，写人物心理细致入微，应用比喻贴切优美，故事性强、语言典雅，是欧洲首部杰出的由一个文人独立创作出来的史诗。

This extraordinary new translation of the Aeneid stands alone among modern Vergil translations for its accuracy and poetic appeal. Sarah Ruden, a lyric poet in her own right, is the first woman to translate Vergil's great epic, and she renders the poem in the same number of lines as the original work - a very rare feat that maintains technical fidelity to the original without diminishing its emotional power. 

Ruden's translation follows Vergil's content faithfully, and the economy and fast pace she achieves are true to his own unflagging narrative force. With its central theme of national destiny versus the destiny of individuals, the poem has great resonance in our own times, and Ruden adheres closely to the poet's message. 

Her rendering of Vergil's words gives immediacy to his struggling faith that history has beauty and purpose in spite of its pain. With this distinguished translation, modern readers can experience for themselves the timeless power of Vergil's masterpiece.

作者简介

Sarah Ruden's previous translations include Aristophanes' 'Lysistrata' and Petronius' 'Satyricon'. She is a visiting scholar at Yale Divinity School.